The new Rasmussen poll of the California gubernatorial race shows Democrat Jerry Brown maintaining his lead over Republican Meg Whitman.
The numbers: Brown 48%, Whitman 42%. The survey of likely voters has a ±4% margin of error. In the previous survey from a week and a half ago, Brown led by 50%-44%.
The pollster’s analysis lays out how Brown has risen in the polls, and Whitman has fallen: “Support for Brown, a longtime Democratic figure in the state who previously served as governor from 1975 to 1983, has steadily risen from 40% in late August. Backing for Whitman, a former CEO of eBay, has declined slightly from a high of 48% in the same period.”
The TPM Poll Average gives Brown a lead of 47.6%-41.9%.
