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Toplines - California Governor - January 14, 2009

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California Survey of 500 Likely Voters

Conducted January 15, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How would you rate the job Arnold Schwarzenegger has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

10% Strongly approve

28% Somewhat approve

33% Somewhat disapprove

27% Strongly disapprove

2% Not sure

2* 2010 Governor Election Match-Ups

Whitman (R)

38%

Whitman (R)

37%

Whitman (R)

41%

Brown (D)

40%

Newsom (D)

34%

Villaraigosa (D)

34%

Other

5%

Other

8%

Other

9%

Not Sure

17%

Not Sure

21%

Not Sure

16%

3* Favorable Ratings

Whitman

Brown

Newsom

Villaraigosa

Very Favorable

10%

24%

13%

13%

Somewhat Favorable

33%

22%

23%

25%

Somewhat Unfavorable

17%

12%

16%

15%

Very Unfavorable

5%

26%

25%

27%

Not Sure

34%

16%

23%

20%

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence