E. In the primary election for governor, did you just vote for:
                ALL DEM IND REP WHT BLK LAT ASN
Al Checchi (D)  13  16  13   7   9  17  30  14
Gray Davis (D)  35  52  42  13  30  53  36  36
Jane Harman (D) 12  18  15   5  11  17  11  10
Dan Lungren (R) 34  9   21  70  43   9  17  39
Other candidate  6  5    9   5   7   4   6   1

F. In the primary election for U.S. senator, did you just vote for:
                  ALL DEM IND REP WHT BLK LAT ASN
Barbara Boxer (D) 44  73  51  10  35  78  57  34
Matt Fong (R)     22  10  22  39  26   8  11  50
Darrell Issa (R)  19   5  13  36  24   3  11   9
Other candidate   15  12  14  15  15  11  21   7

G. In the primary election for attorney general, did you just vote
for:
                        ALL DEM IND REP WHT BLK LAT ASN
Charles M. Calderon (D) 12  20  16   2   7  15  34  12
Bill Lockyer (D)        24  39  22   5  19  40  24  23
Lynn Schenk (D)         13  18  17   4  10  22  11  17
Mike Capizzi (R)        15   5  12  27  19   3   8  21
Dave Stirling (R)       29   9  22  57  37   9  13  25
Other candidate          7   9  11  5    8  11  10  2

H. How did you just vote on Proposition 226 (Union dues)?
          ALL DEM IND REP WHT BLK LAT ASN
Voted yes 47  28  45  72  55  31  25  48
Voted no  53  72  55  28  45  69  75  52

I. How did you just vote on Proposition 227 (Bilingual education)?
          ALL DEM IND REP WHT BLK LAT ASN
Voted yes 61  47  59  77  67  48  37  57
Voted no  39  53  41  23  33  52  63  43

J. Is this the first time you have voted in an election in California?
(IF NOT) Is this the first time you have voted in a primary election
in California?
                               ALL DEM IND REP WHT BLK LAT ASN
This is the first time I have
voted in California            4    4   9   3   3   5  12   8
I have voted in California
before, but this is the first
time in a primary              9   10  18   4   6  13  17  12
I have voted in a California
primary before                87   86  73  93  91  82  71  80

K. As you may know, this is California’s first blanket or open pri-mary
in which voters may vote for any candidate running for office
regardless of party affiliation. Do you think: (ACCEPTED ALL
THAT APPLY)
                                 ALL DEM IND REP WHT BLK LAT ASN
The open primary allows me to
vote for a candidate of my
choice even if he or sheis not
in myparty                       60  59  59  61  62  58  56  53
The open primary is fairer
because all voters can vote in
candidate races                  31  32  33  29  30  35  34  37
In a primary, only Democrats
should vote for Democrats, etc.  14  15  12  16  15  16  10  11
Ballot was too confusing/
List of names too long            8   9   8   8   8  10   8   9
None of the above                 4   3   7   3   3   5   4   5

L. Which races or ballot initiatives, if any, particularly motivated
you to turn out to vote today? (ACCEPTED UP TO TWO
RESPONSES)
                                   ALL DEM IND REP WHT BLK LAT ASN
Governor’s race                    40  47  34  34  38  47  42  40
Prop. 227 (Bilingual education)    27  26  28  28  27  18  39  36
Prop. 226 (Union dues for
political contributions)           21  22  21  21  21  24  24  16
U.S. Senate race                   13  11  11  15  14   8  10  11
Prop. 223 (School spending
limits on administration)           9   9   7   8   8   7  10  12
Other races or initiatives          4   4   4   4   4   5   3   6
Interested in everything on ballot 26  22  28  30  28  25  17  13
Nothing in particular               9   9  16   9  10  10   7  14

M. How long ago did you finally decide how you would vote for
governor today?
                              ALL DEM IND REP WHT BLK LAT ASN
Today/Yesterday               16 18 22 12 15 20 18 21
Over the weekend or
last week                     21 21 21 19 21 16 21 27
Before last week              63 61 57 69 64 64 61 52

                              CHECCHI  DAVIS   HARMAN  LUNGREN
                              VOTERS   VOTERS  VOTERS  VOTERS
Today                           13       9       15      6
Yesterday                        5       7       12      5
Over the weekend                 8       9       11      6
During last week                14      14       15     11
Earlier in May                  27      27       21     21
Earlier in April                15      10       12     11
Earlier in March                 8       9        6     11
Before then                     10      15        8     29

LOS ANGELES TIMES POLL
Study #413/ Exit Poll
California Primary Election
June 2, 1998
The Times Poll/ CNN interviewed 5,143 voters as they left 99 polling places across California June 2.
The margin of sampling error for all voters is plus or minus 2 percentage points.
For subgroups the error margin may vary.
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