GOP Candidate Eric Early Beats Out Potential Democrat Replacements For Sen. Dianne Feinstein

 A Berkeley IGS poll is showing some surprising strength for the Republican candidate running for California Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein's seat.

The poll covered voters' views on Sen. Feinstein's health problems and whether she should remain in the Senate.

The latest statewide Berkeley IGS Poll completed this week asked California voters for their opinions about the state's senior U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, who only last week returned to the Senate after an extended absence due to a health setback from complications related to shingles.

The poll finds Feinstein's overall standing with voters continuing to decline.

Just 29% of the state's voters now view the Senator favorably, down 8 percentage points from February and nearly 20 points lower than when she ran for re-election in 2018.The poll also asked likely voters in next year's March 2024 primary election their voting preferences for U.S. Senate, and the results indicate that the race remains a wide-open affair.

Although Democratic voters outnumber Republicans nearly two to one in California, Early's relatively strong standing in the poll is due to his being the top choice of large proportions of Republican and conservative voters, while the state's much larger pool of Democratic voters are dividing their support among the three major Democratic contenders.

Bringing in an appointed Senator at this point, while they would be a consistent vote, is no guarantee that they would vote in the direction Schumer and the other Democrat senators want.

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