It's a tug of war between two different factions. This seems to indicate that the pro-choice side has gained an advantage. |
It's a two-step process. First, people want to know who you are, why you're running, the whole nine yards. Then there's the second stage, where they ask the tougher policy questions about what you believe and what you'd do. |
It's always more difficult to change somebody's mind once they have a negative impression of you. But he can run against an opponent and try to bring him to the same level or even a lower level than where his negatives are. |
It's the direction of change that's more important in a final poll than the actual numbers. Unfortunately for the governor, the direction of change is moving against him. |
It's the increasingly partisan rancor that characterizes the Congress. The very partisan Republican orientation of the House is not very well received. The public wants compromises to be reached and they generally don't see many of those things taking place in Congress these days. |
Many voters are reappraising Schwarzenegger. They're a little puzzled because they're not sure which Schwarzenegger they'll see, the more bipartisan governor or the partisan Republican Schwarzenegger of 2005. |
My interpretation is that some voters are indeed re-evaluating the governor, but they have not yet made up their minds. Last year, they saw the very partisan Republican governor. Now he seems to be a bit more accommodating. |
No one penalty jumps out. Even looking at Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres fans, they want him to play. |
People feel very strongly about this initiative. I don't anticipate a lot of movement. It may come down to who turns out on Election Day. |
People have pretty much adjusted to the risk factor of earthquakes and go about their daily lives. |
She's a very divisive figure. In my opinion, most people either like her or hate her. |
slipping ... and it's the direction of the change that is more revealing than the actual numbers themselves. |
So many seats in California are safe, and that's true nationally, too. So the opportunities for the out-of-power party to gain (seats in Congress) is really not that great. Most observers would say that only a few seats could change hands. |
So many voters are undecided that it's still a wide-open race. |
Some folks think a real large proportion of players were using them, and there's widespread belief that Bonds was one of them. |