California

Counts August 2016 Survey of Californians

TOPLINE California Counts Survey Cross tabulation Report


The survey field dates were August 15-24, yielding 915 completed surveys and 44 partially completed
surveys. We also mailed 42 surveys to panelists who do not have access to the internet, but we have
not received and incorporated those survey responses yet. The margin of error for the distribution of
responses on any individual survey item is equal to or less than +/- four percentage points.




CNTS3/CNTS4 – us_senator_candidate + us_senator_lean

In the November election for United States Senator, both candidates in the runoff are Democrats. If the
election were being held today, would you vote for Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Attorney General
Kamala Harris, someone else, or are you undecided?

Do you lean more towards Loretta Sanchez or Kamala Harris? [IF CNTS3=3 or 8]
[COMBINED]
19% Loretta Sanchez (1)
51 Kamala Harris (2)
6 Someone else (3)
25 Don't Know/Undecided (8)

Party ID Race/Ethnicity
Dem Ind Rep White Black Latino Other
Sanchez 19 28 17 13 14 33 11
Harris 63 57 33 58 75 33 58
Someone Else 0 7 14 7 0 5 5
Undecided 17 9 36 22 11 29 26

Income Education
Less High
$30K- $50K- $100K Some College Post-
than School
$50K $100K + College Degree Grad
$30K or less
Sanchez 19 19 25 14 15 21 20 26
Harris 48 34 45 62 52 47 57 44
Someone Else 5 5 6 6 3 8 6 6
Undecided 29 42 24 18 30 23 18 24

Age Gender
18-25 26-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Male Female
Sanchez 18 29 20 16 14 20 18
Harris 32 51 43 62 54 51 50
Someone Else 5 2 5 5 12 7 5
Undecided 45 17 32 18 21 22 27


Now we would like to get your opinion on several of the propositions that have qualified for the ballot
this November.

CNTS5/6 – prop64_legalize/prop64_vote_leantowards

Proposition 641 proposes a law that would legalize marijuana and hemp in California law and enact
certain sales and cultivation taxes. If the election were being help today, would you vote 'YES' to legalize
marijuana or 'NO' to make no changes to the existing laws on marijuana?

Do you lean more towards voting YES, to legalize marijuana, or NO, to make no changes to existing laws
on marijuana? [IF CNTS5=8]
[COMBINED]
26% No (0)
71 Yes (1)
3 Undecided/Don’t know (8)

Party ID Race/Ethnicity
Dem Ind Rep White Black Latino Other
No 17 26 45 34 26 18 23
Yes 80 72 53 62 68 81 76
Undecided 3 2 1 4 6 1 0

Income Education
Less High
$30K- $50K- $100K Some College Post-
than School
$50K $100K + College Degree Grad
$30K or less
No 24 29 27 27 24 24 35 24
Yes 75 70 70 70 74 72 64 73
Undecided 0 0 3 3 1 4 2 3

Age Gender
18-25 26-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Male Female
No 16 14 28 23 45 24 28
Yes 84 88 70 74 50 72 70
Undecided 0 0 2 3 5 4 1

1
Respondents to the marijuana legalization ballot measure were erroneously asked about “Proposition
65,” although the actual ballot measure is Proposition 64. Respondents have been re-contacted so that
they are aware of our error. The authors of the survey are confident this error does not affect the
accuracy of the results.