Arnold Schwarzenegger Watch: Latest Field Poll Shows Tepid Support

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger , center, shakes hand with veterinary student April Miles, right, while touring the Gladys Valley Hall under construction at the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine in Davis, Calif., Wednesday, April 12, 2006. Schwarzenegger toured the new building to view the energy efficient aspects of the building. After the tour Schwarzenegger helped in presenting a $1 million California Clean Energy Fund grant to UC Davis, to create the UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center to advance innnovation in energy efficiency. Also seen are veterinary students Carlos Borges, left, Karen Park, second from left, and Brian Veltni, third from left.

Sacramento Bee: Field Poll: Governor’s support tepid

Five months removed from the rebuke they gave him in last November’s special election, California voters are still not happy with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, but some of that disdain might be softening, according to a new Field Poll.

Schwarzenegger’s approval rating remains in the danger zone at 39 percent, while 47 percent of registered voters disapproved of his performance. Another 14 percent had no opinion – a doubling of the undecideds since the governor’s tough times at the end of the special election.

The survey, taken April 3-10, also showed approval ratings for the Legislature remaining in the tank at 28 percent – down from the slight uptick lawmakers enjoyed in February.

Not good news for the governor. And rumblings in the California Republican Party are saying that there will be a depressed GOP turn-out in November.

On the good news front, Phil Angelides and Steve Westly are turning out the “light weights” that every California political pundit predicted.

The Field Poll is here.

Stay tuned….