CA-Sen: Will Sarah Palin’s Endorsement Hurt Carly Fiorina?

At the Susan B. Anthony List’s Celebration of Life Breakfast on May 14th, Governor Palin took to the stage to talk about the fabulous pro-life women mounting serious campaigns across the country. One such woman: Carly Fiorina running for U.S. Senate in California against pro-abortion activist and EMILY’s List champion, Sen. Barbara Boxer.

Interesting that this piece showed up at the Politico after I had mentioned it yesterday – twice.

Carly Fiorina, who is challenging Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, has frequently touted her endorsement from Palin, but the survey shows Palin may be a drag on Fiorina’s numbers.

Fifty-three percent of those surveyed said they would be less inclined to vote for a candidate endorsed by Palin, while only 21 percent said they would be more inclined.

Among those who said they plan to vote in the Senate race, 47 percent of Fiorina supporters said they were more likely to back a candidate because of Palin’s support. But 84 percent of Boxer supporters said they would be less likely to vote for a candidate with Palin’s blessing.

The Fiorina campaign is not concerned about Palin’s poll numbers. Voters are evaluating the candidates in this race as individuals, said Fiorina spokeswoman Andrea Saul.

This is just a rehash and a dig at Sarah Palin with a slight swipe at Carly Fiorina. Interesting that The Politico did not parse further into a previous Field Poll that shows that President Obama in deep blue California is not doing so well either.

In my previous post, I mentioned the polarized California electorate with regards to Sarah Palin and President Obama. However, I subsequently found this graph which parses the data in another form.

But, I also discovered something mentioned in that piece which I missed. President Obama’s endorsement doesn’t mean so much for candidates either. From the California Field Poll of September 29, 2010: (PDF)

Most Californians (55%) continue to believe that the country is seriously off on the wrong track, while one in three (34%) feel that the U.S. is headed in the right direction.

If the President were to endorse a candidate running for political office in this state, 44% say that this would make them more inclined while 40% say this would make them less inclined to support the office seeker.

These are the findings from the latest Field Poll assessing California voter opinions about President Obama and the direction the U.S. is heading. The survey was conducted by telephone in English and Spanish September 14 – 21 among 859 registered voters statewide.

Sarah Palin on the 16th will rally the GOP base to get out the vote. Does anyone really think this will HURT Carly Fiorina?

Come on now.