Support for end to California death penalty surges
The latest USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences/Los Angeles Times poll questioned 1,504 registered voters by telephone from Oct. 15 to Oct. 21, before the Proposition 34 campaign launched radio and television ads. Greenberg Quinlan Rosner ...www.latimes.com
Poll: Voters Split On Repealing California's Death Penalty
Voters in California are now effectively split in their views on repealing the state's death penalty, according to a new poll from USC/LA Times released Friday. Forty-five percent of the 1,440 likely voters polled oppose Proposition 34 (banning the ...livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com
Proposition 34's common-sense appeal
Proposition 34, the measure to replace the death penalty in California with a sentence of life without the possibility of parole, appears to be struggling.www.latimes.com
An odd conservative split on Propositions 34 and 36
That's a sharp contrast with Proposition 34, which would replace the state's death penalty with a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.www.latimes.com
Proposition 34: Should the state repeal the death penalty?
Most polls show Prop. 34 is unlikely to succeed. In a poll released Sept. 27 by the California Business Roundtable and Pepperdine University, 39.6 percent of voters support Proposition 34, while 49.3 percent opposed it. A Sept. 29 USC Dornsife/LA Times ...www.redlandsdailyfacts.com
Ballot measure to end death penalty faces uphill battle, poll finds
A new poll has found that a November ballot measure to replace the death penalty with life without possibility of parole faces an uphill battle with California voters.latimesblogs.latimes.com
Could Catholics Tip the Balance for Death Penalty Repeal?
34. But poll numbers are conflicting on Latino voters, a potent segment of the state's electorate. A mulitilingual Field Poll in September has them opposing the proposition 52 percent to 32 percent; but an LA Times/USC Dorsife bilingual poll in the ...news.newamericamedia.org
On Death Penalty Measure, Voters Like the Worst Part
Prop 34 is the November statewide initiative to end the death penalty in California and replace it with life imprisonment. Since California voters tend to support the death penalty, Prop 34 is a tough sell. A new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll ...www.nbclosangeles.com
California's Prop 38 income tax measure headed for defeat, poll shows
A USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll released Friday shows that just 34 percent of registered voters plan to vote for Proposition 38, while 52 percent oppose it. Analysts said they can't remember a state measure coming back from that large a deficit ...www.mercurynews.com
Gov. Brown's Prop. 30 losing support, poll shows [Google+ Hangout]
Times reporter Chris Megerian will join city editor Shelby Grad at 10:30 a.m. for a Google+ Hangout on plunging support for Proposition 30, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed measure would temporarily ...latimesblogs.latimes.com
The wrong reasons to end the death penalty
A recent USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll found that Proposition 34 was losing 38% to 51%, but the gap narrows to statistical insignificance when voters are informed of two lesser-known aspects of the initiative: It would set aside $100 million to ...www.latimes.com
Opinions vary on banning death penalty
A poll released Sept. 25 by the University of California, Berkeley and the Field Group showed that 45 percent of total likely voters are opposed to Prop. 34, while 42 percent of voters are in favor. Thirteen percent said they are undecided. Opinions on ...dailytrojan.com
Taxes & Pensions
"Californians are usually very resistant to raising taxes on themselves, but the prospect of big spending cuts to public education has helped Proposition 30 preserve its lead," says Dan Schnur, director of the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Poll and ...election2012.usc.edu
New poll shows drop in Prop. 30 support
"From looking at the results of this poll, while the Governor's initiative is still passing, it remains very vulnerable," said Dan Schnur, director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at USC. According to Schnur, the last time people ...dailytrojan.com
California has chance to change Three Strikes, repeal death penalty
Two recent statewide polls, while showing a close call on Proposition 34, nevertheless showed majority support for capital punishment.www.mercurynews.com
Californians favor change of three-strikes law but not death penalty
But that gap narrows to a statistical dead heat when voters learn that Proposition 34 also requires convicted killers to work while in prison, directs their earnings to their victims and earmarks $100 million for police to solve murders and rapes ...www.chicoer.com
Crime & Punishment
California voters are overwhelmingly in favor of revising the state's "three strikes" law, according to the latest results from the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Poll. Two-thirds of voters - including 67 percent of voters who vote on ballot ...election2012.usc.edu
California Death Penalty Foes Tell Voters 13 Not Worth Billions
Polls show voters are split on Proposition 34, which would abolish the death penalty and change the maximum criminal punishment to life without parole.www.sfgate.com
A Taxing Proposition
In March, USC Dornsife/L.A. Times found that 64 percent of voters favored Proposition 30, with 33 percent opposed. In September, the same poll showed that support for Proposition 30 had dropped by 10 points: 54 percent of voters approve, and 37 percent ...www.weeklystandard.com
California's dueling tax hikes: 'Nightmare' ahead?
It could also draw some votes away from Prop. 30. And if both initiatives pass, only the one with more votes would be implemented.www.csmonitor.com
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