The new survey of the California Senate race from Public Policy Polling (D) shows Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer holding on to her lead against Republican former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.
The numbers Boxer 50%, Fiorina 42%. The survey of likely voters has a ±3.9%. margin of error. In the previous PPP survey from late July, which used a more permissive registered-voter filter, Boxer led Fiorina by 49%-40%. The TPM Poll Average gives Boxer a lead of 47.2%-44.8%.
“The simple reality is that for a Republican to win in California they have to be appealing to Democrats and for now Carly Fiorina has not passed the test,” writes PPP president Dean Debnam. “Barbara Boxer has her party’s voters locked up and for a Democrat in California that’s enough to win.”
