Post by Logan on Jul 9, 2016 23:19:15 GMT -6
Kamala Harris has solid lead in 2-Democrat race for U.S. Senate
A new Field Poll confirmed Friday what California voters already knew: Orange County Rep. Loretta Sanchez has a long way to go to catch Attorney General Kamala Harris in California’s first-ever Democrat-versus-Democrat U.S. Senate race.
The survey finds Harris with a 39 percent to 24 percent lead over Sanchez among likely voters in the November contest to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer. Those numbers aren’t much different from Harris’ 40 percent to 19 percent lead in June’s top-two primary or the 40 percent to 26 percent margin in a May Field Poll.
“There’s been very little change,” said Mark DiCamillo, the poll’s director. “It may be a tall order for Sanchez to win this.”
Neither the poll nor the primary provided much good news for Sanchez, who won only six of the state’s 58 counties, including a tight 27 percent to 25 percent victory in her home region, Orange County. The poll found Harris with solid leads in every part of the state, including a comfortable 41 percent to 23 percent margin in the state’s coastal counties, which account for about 70 percent of California’s population.
Read more: www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Kamala-Harris-has-solid-lead-in-2-Democrat-race-8346747.php
A new Field Poll confirmed Friday what California voters already knew: Orange County Rep. Loretta Sanchez has a long way to go to catch Attorney General Kamala Harris in California’s first-ever Democrat-versus-Democrat U.S. Senate race.
The survey finds Harris with a 39 percent to 24 percent lead over Sanchez among likely voters in the November contest to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer. Those numbers aren’t much different from Harris’ 40 percent to 19 percent lead in June’s top-two primary or the 40 percent to 26 percent margin in a May Field Poll.
“There’s been very little change,” said Mark DiCamillo, the poll’s director. “It may be a tall order for Sanchez to win this.”
Neither the poll nor the primary provided much good news for Sanchez, who won only six of the state’s 58 counties, including a tight 27 percent to 25 percent victory in her home region, Orange County. The poll found Harris with solid leads in every part of the state, including a comfortable 41 percent to 23 percent margin in the state’s coastal counties, which account for about 70 percent of California’s population.
Read more: www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Kamala-Harris-has-solid-lead-in-2-Democrat-race-8346747.php