WHAT CALIFORNIA DO THE 42% LIVE IN? :

Davis' job performance rates poorly in poll : Energy crisis began governor's slide (Carla Marinucci, May 6, 2002, SF Chronicle)

Gov. Gray Davis, now wrestling with a growing controversy over state contracts with Oracle Corp., has one more reason to be concerned about his re- election effort--a new Field Poll showing more Californians disapprove of his job performance.

Californians, by a 49 percent to 42 percent margin, don't like the job Davis is doing as governor, and only 9 percent hold no opinion, the poll released today showed.

That rating has "held pretty steady" since the onset of the state's energy crisis last summer, says Field Poll director Mark DiCamillo. "It was because of that that people went sour on the governor, and his ratings haven't recovered since."

Here's hoping for a long hot summer... Posted by Orrin Judd at May 6, 2002 9:55 PM