Whitman & Fiorina ahead, voters split on pot and immigration

In a series of stories that ran out over the weekend, the L.A. Times and USC said their polling has found that Meg Whitman is pulling into a large lead in the Republican primary for governor but trails Jerry Brown in a November matchup, that Carly Fiorina leads the Republican race for U.S. Senate but would trail Barbara Boxer, and that Californians split along age and ethnic lines over support for Arizona's immigration law. The poll also found that voters with an early opinion are at least open to the marijuana legalization measure on the November ballot, but even though 49% say they might vote for it the support is soft. "The good news for proponents is that they are starting off with a decent lead. The good news for the opposition is that initiatives that start off at less than 50% in the polls usually have a hard time," said Dan Schnur, director of USC's Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics.