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To: beach_bum who wrote (206047)	10/11/2004 2:11:50 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573678

Calif. voters like the way governor is doing his job By Tom Chorneau The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters love their governor but do not want to see Arnold Schwarzenegger as president and do not like the idea of amending the Constitution to allow him to run. The nonpartisan Field Poll released yesterday found 65 percent of voters approve of Schwarzenegger's job performance — unchanged since May. But voters by a 2-to-1 margin said they do not support the Austrian-born Schwarzenegger for president. Fifty percent said they were not inclined to vote for him, while 26 percent said they were. Further, 58 percent of California voters did not support changing the Constitution to allow foreign-born Americans to run for president. Only 36 percent of voters in Schwarzenegger's home state supported the idea. "He's only been in office a year," said Mark DiCamillo, poll director. "It might be interesting to re-examine this after time has passed and people see a little more of him." The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the issue Tuesday, with Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, expressing support for such a constitutional amendment. Schwarzenegger had the approval of barely half of voters in January, when he took office after the recall of Gov. Gray Davis. Since then, Schwarzenegger's numbers have soared, even after a bruising budget battle and unpopular decisions over bill signings. The poll also found that voters are optimistic about the direction of the state. For the first time since 2000, more think the state is headed in the right direction, 46 percent, than feel it is on the wrong track, 38 percent. Schwarzenegger has support among all types of voters: 46 percent of Democrats approved of the job he is doing, as did 88 percent of Republicans and 64 percent of nonpartisan voters. The poll of 600 registered voters was taken over six days ending Sept. 29. The margin of error was plus or minus 4.1 percentage points. Details on the Senate committee hearing were provided by Reuters. seattletimes.nwsource.com