Latest Field Poll Shows that Support for School Bond Remains Stagnant

In the second Field Poll taken this year, support for the $10.4 billion school facilities bond (Proposition 1D) continues to remain unchanged, with 48% of voters in support.

Opposition has increased slightly from 34% in May to 37%; 15% remain undecided. The Poll also revealed that those polled remain lukewarm on four of the five infrastructure bond measures that will appear on the November 2006 statewide ballot.

The largest bond, Proposition 1B, which would provide a $19 billion bond for highway safety, traffic reduction, air quality, and port security, received the greatest level of support from voters by a two to one margin (54% to 27%), with 19% undecided.

Voters also support Proposition 1E, the $4.1 billion Flood Protection and Disaster Preparedness bond, by 47% to 33% (20% undecided); however, support has slipped from the 58% it garnered last May.

Proposition 84, the $5.4 billion Water Quality and Flood Control measure placed on the ballot by environmental groups, is also favored by an 18-point margin, 49% yes and 31% no, with 20% still undecided.

Not faring as well is Proposition 1C, the $2.8 billion Housing and Emergency Shelter bond, which has slipped behind, with the “No” vote ahead 42% to 33%, with 25% undecided.

The breakdown in this latest Field Poll shows that Democrats and non-partisan voters support for all but one of the bond proposals (Proposition 1C) by more than a majority, while the Republican support for the bonds only reached as high as 39% (Proposition 1B).