The new poll by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) of the California Republican gubernatorial primary shows former eBay CEO Meg Whitman way ahead of state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner — with both of them trailing presumptive Democratic nominee Jerry Brown for the general election.
The numbers: Whitman 53%, Poizner 29%. The survey of likely GOP primary voters has a ±4.5% margin of error. The TPM Poll Average has Whitman ahead of Poizner by 47.4%-28.%.
Jerry Brown, the current state attorney general and also a former governor and three-time president candidate, remains the favorite for the general election, leading Whitman by 44%-38% and leading Poizner by 45%-31%. Each match-up was tested among a separate half-sample of registered voters, with a ±3.6% margin of error each. The TPM Poll Average shows Brown ahead of Whitman by 44.4%-39.8%, and ahead of Poizner by 46.6%-33.5%.
