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Public Policy Polling includes this circa-1957 question in its latest poll of the California Senate race:

Do you have a higher opinion of Barbara Boxer’s hair or Carly Fiorina’s hair?

Barbara Boxer’s hair………………………………… 19%
Carly Fiorina’s hair…………………………………… 14%
Not sure…………………………………………………. 67%

No questions on which candidate has the more dynamite body.

Late Update: I forgot about this, but Fiorina was first to bring up the hair.

Later Update: I was too distracted by the hair question to notice the topline: Boxer 49, Fiorina, 40.

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