Barbara Boxer,  Carly Fiorina

CA-Sen: Carly Fiorina Takes the Lead From Barbara Boxer in Latest Poll

June 14, 2010 /
Republican Nominee Carly Fiorina and Democrat Senator Barbara Boxer
Not much of a lead and it is within the margin of error but it demonstrates just how vulnerable Boxer is.

A poll taken Sunday, June 13th, showed Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and California Attorney General Jerry Brown in a statistical tie with their respective opponents, Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman. (Full results are here[pdf].)

The poll, conducted via telephone for Pajamas Media by CrossTarget, was of 600 likely California voters, and has a margin of error of 4%. The CrossTarget poll was an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) poll, using the same technology and methods as the polls CrossTarget conducted for PJM in the Massachusetts election in January, in which PJM/CrossTarget was one of the first to predict Scott Brown’s election.

In the senatorial race, Fiorina actually led Boxer by 0.5%, well within the margin of error but showing that Fiorina is a very serious challenger.

  • Boxer             46.5%
  • Fiorina           47.0%
  • Undecided    6.5%

This polling will not be serious until after Labor Day and the venerable California Field Poll goes into the field. But, Fiorina has come up REAL fast and is there any wonder why the President and his wife are coming to California to bolster fellow Democrat Boxer with campaign cash?

This race is becoming one that might likely change the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.