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To: Neocon who wrote (39884)	3/23/1999 1:54:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

Michelle----This is the issues poll for which I gave the URL: The Message Behind the Votes The most important issue cited in both the governor’s and U.S. senator’s race was education. Gray Davis and Barbara Boxer, the Democratic candidates, were clearly the beneficiaries on this issue. Governor U.S. Senator Davis Voters Lungren Voters Boxer Voters Fong Voters WHICH ISSUES WERE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU IN DECIDING HOW TO VOTE FOR GOVERNOR/U.S. SENATOR? (Two responses accepted) Da Lu Bo Fo Taxes 22% 42% 24% 42% Education 56 35 45 27 Crime/Assault weapons 21 15 19 14 Illegal immigration 5 15 5 12 Health care/HMOs 21 8 25 8 Morality/Family issues 6 28 6 30 Race relations 5 3 4 3 Environment/Offshore oil drilling 8 1 10 2 Abortion 12 13 13 14 The state budget 5 7 4 6 The economy/Jobs 12 9 12 11 None of the above 6 5 9 8 You will notice that abortion was note cited as a major factor in the poll, nor was being a right- wing wacko...:-)

To: Neocon who wrote (39884)	3/23/1999 4:57:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

Neocon, this is more typical of the articles I read on the Nov. elections. Unfortunately most of the articles from that time have been removed from the various archives, so we'll never know. Imo the choice issue is what killed the republicans here. BTW Ca has the worst schools in the country so education ranks higher here than elsewhere... we used to have the best but that was before the republicans came and cut taxes to the point where the schools don't have enough money to operate. "GOPs stalwarts were no-shows" sfgate.com For example, education was the issue that mattered most to the greatest number of voters, cited by 19 percent as their top priority. Abortion was second, cited by 16 percent, followed by the economy or jobs, and taxes. The environment and gun control trailed in single digits. "Boxers knockout of Fong exceeds predictions" sfgate.com ''Republicans crossed over to vote for me. I know they did on the environment, I know they did on choice, I know they did on gun control. ''These are mainstream issues.'' Boxer used those issues as the centerpiece of a nastily effective campaign of negative ads slamming Fong as an extremist for his more conservative positions on abortion, gun control, environmental regulation and HMO reform.

To: Neocon who wrote (39884)	3/23/1999 5:48:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

Sheesh this is too easy. The sacramento bee is the best paper for politics in Ca, btw. "Abortion politics proved a loser for Lungren" sacbee.com Abortion rights played a major role in the defeats of Lungren and Fong, as well as Sen. Al D'Amato in New York and other Republicans around the nation. Fong tried to fudge the issue by saying he supported abortion rights "in the first trimester." Lungren voted against abortion rights in Congress repeatedly, even in instances of rape, incest and to save the life of the mother. "When we first put the abortion issue in focus groups, 65 percent of women figured both candidates were pro-choice," said Garry South, Davis' campaign manager. "This was the '90s. They couldn't believe anyone could be anti-choice. And when we focus-grouped Lungren's TV ad, where he said as a practicing Catholic he was pro-life, women were astonished that there was this hard-right guy on choice in a pro-choice state. Los Angeles Times exit polling backs that up. Davis got the votes of two-thirds of self-identified moderates and independents, more than a third of moderate Republicans and nearly three in 10 conservatives. Boxer got two-thirds of the moderates and three in 10 Republican moderates -- a shocking figure, given her liberal politics and partisan reputation. In this election at least, to be anything but pro-choice was simply to be out of the mainstream. The exit polls found 13 percent cited abortion as one of the two most important issues, far fewer than the 56 percent who cited education, and somewhat fewer than the 21 percen to 22 percent who cited taxes, crime, assault weapons and health care. But Davis pollster Paul Maslin said, "Abortion was much bigger than 13 percent. There's no way we get to a 20-point victory without it."

To: Neocon who wrote (39884)	3/23/1999 6:01:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 67261

But wait! Theres more...... "Voters steer middle course, pick results over ideology" (DUH!) sacbee.com The only hint of a partisan breeze blew here in California, where voters leaned heavily to Democrats in state races and especially fiercely against the Republican right wing. Democrats won all but two statewide races and picked up seats in both the Assembly and state Senate. In the process, voters turned out some of the state's most prominent conservative leaders, including Lungren, former Assembly Speaker Curt Pringle and Orange County Sen. Rob Hurtt, a kingpin of the Christian right. An election often turns on personalities and local issues in individual races, but three overarching factors seem to have shaped the Democratic triumph. First, Democrats had the better part of the argument on the issues that mattered most to voters. In races all over the state, Democrats talked about improving public schools, ending HMO abuses and protecting freedom of choice on abortion. In most competitive races, that position trumped GOP calls for school vouchers, lower taxes and abortion restrictions.

To: Neocon who wrote (39884)	3/23/1999 6:43:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 67261

Oh lookie.... more more more "Statewide races swept up in Democratic tidal wave" sacbee.com It was the largest Democratic sweep in statewide races in 40 years, and it caught several political experts by surprise. And Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaine Eastin defeated Gloria Matta Tuchman, an Orange County teacher, by a margin of 53 percent to 47 percent. Although the superintendent's office is technically nonpartisan, Eastin has been a long-time Democratic warrior, while Tuchman aligned herself with a conservative Republican platform on virtually every issue.