Boxer Up, But Under 50 Percent in Calif. Senate Match-Ups

November 20, 2009 12:15 PM | | Comments (0)

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) remains at under 50 percent, but continues to lead her two prospective Republican foes in the California Senate race, a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Nov. 17 found.

Boxer tops former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina (R) among likely California voters, 46 to 37 percent, and state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R) 46 to 36 percent. In both match-ups, 5 percent of voters say they would back some other candidate and 12 to 13 percent were unsure. The margin of error was 4.5 percent.

Fiorina formally launched her campaign Nov. 4 but does not appear to have gotten much of a bounce out of the roll-out. Boxer's lead over both Republicans is narrower than in a Field Poll released in early October, but holds steady with a Ramussen poll conducted earlier this fall.

Both DeVore and Fiorina have a long way to go to build up their name ID. Thirty-one percent of voters told Rasmussen they have no opinion of Fiorina and 44 percent no opinion of DeVore. Fiorina's favorablity rating reached 40 percent, but just 8 percent view her favorably. Twenty-nine percent view her unfavorably, but that is also soft, with 9 percent rating her very unfavorably.

Just 4 percent view DeVore very favorably. Thirty-one percent total view him favorably and 25 percent unfavorably, 7 percent very unfavorably.

A slim majority -- 51 percent -- of likely voters have a favorable opinion of Boxer, but she lives up to her polarizing image in the poll, with 24 percent rating her very favorably and 33 percent very unfavorably. Her total unfavorable rating is at 41 percent.

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