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USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup poll results (USA Today, 8/11/03)

If you were Arnold Schwarzenegger and you dreamed last night about the ideal poll numbers, you probably didn't imagine ones as good as this. It's his race to lose.

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Of 493 people statewide who say they are "certain" to vote, two-thirds say they will vote to recall Davis from office. And in the second question on the ballot, 51 percent say they will vote for Schwarzenegger, the actor turned candidate.

The next closest competitor is Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante. Only 17 percent say they will cast their vote for him in October. Peter Ueberroth, Bill Simon, Tom McClintock and Arriana Huffington are all in the single digits. Only three percent say they are undecided.

According to 10News, Schwarzenegger's support comes from everywhere. His numbers only dip below 50 percent among older voters, African-Americans and Democrats. But, even with the Democrats, he edges out Bustamante 38 percent to 31 percent.

Schwarzenegger also outpolls Bustamante almost 2:1 among Latino voters.

These are good too, but the sample is small. Posted by Orrin Judd at August 11, 2003 5:46 PM