Drought, water situation influences Californians opinions about state's future
1/13/2016 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Society & Public Health
AFFECTED AREAS:
California
Start Date: 5/26/2015
- End Date: 1/13/2016
A recent Field Poll revealed that 50 percent of registered voters in California felt that the state was generally headed in the right direction, up 10 percent compared to May 2015. The perception of wellbeing has increased with the return of rainfall and the hope that the drought might ease.
The director of the poll, Mark DiCamillo, stated, “The May figures declined due to the drought, and now that we’re having rain again, it’s kind of a return to normalcy.”
The poll shows California voters’ sentiments about the state to be similar to that of February 2015 before Gov. Jerry Brown imposed the first mandatory water cutbacks.
The Sacramento Bee (Calif.), Jan. 13, 2016
Californians were expressing an increasingly pessimistic view of their state, found the results of a new Field Poll. The water situation and the ramifications for the public, the state’s future growth and the overall economy were uppermost on people’s minds. Ten percent fewer Californians felt that the state was moving in the right direction, compared to February numbers. The number of people who thought the state was on the wrong track was unchanged, but the percentage of those with no opinion doubled to 20 percent. Uncertainly is typically understood to be a negative, stated the Field Poll director.
The Sacramento Bee (Calif.), May 26, 2015
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