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CA Legislature at record LOW approval rating

It’s not just you.

Or me…! :-)

But it may interest folks in other states and countries that today, when my hometown of Livermore hit a record HIGH temperature for this date, of 105 degrees F, that the California State Legislature hit a record LOW approval rating in a Field Poll of Californian voters…!

The percentage who approve of the State Legislature’s performance… 10%! This is the lowest rating since the Field Poll started checking, in 1983! :-)

Today was also the 89th day without a state budget, past the deadline! Folks with the Field Poll think that the approval rating for the State Legislature may drop to single digits if a budget is not approved before the next poll. Even during the tough economic times of 1992 and 1993, only 64% of those polled disapproved of the legislative performance, as compared with 80% who disapprove today. (The “other” 10% must be in the “dazed and confused” category! :-) )

Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has had the same low approval rating of around 23% since March, which is the same low rating that former Democratic Governor Gray Davis had in 2003 before voters recalled him and voted for Schwarzenegger.

Repeated failures to pass a budget on time, year after year, have led some Californians to believe that the State Legislature is dysfunctional. (Budget talks stalled again today!)

Of registered voters polled by the Field Poll, 20% blamed the Democrats for failing to pass a budget on time; 16% blamed the Republicans; 24% blamed the Governor (and HE only SIGNS it!), and 25% blamed all three groups! Another 15% were not sure.

Meanwhile, California’s unemployment in August ROSE to 12.4%.

Personally, I have been expecting a voter backlash against incumbents for a long time.

The GOOD news…? Livermore’s high temperature is forecast to drop 10 degrees to 95 F tomorrow. San Francisco, which experienced 93 degrees F today, is expected to see a 25-degree decline tomorrow, to 68 F.

Don’t expect to hear any good news about the State Legislature anytime soon, but if anything positive DOES happen, I will let you know.

-Bill at

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