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Voters still sour on state’s economy, new Times/USC Dornsife poll finds

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California voters may have a new governor, but they remain pessimistic about the economy and the direction the state is headed, according to a new Times/USC Dornsife poll.

Less than a third of voters surveyed, 29%, said they believe the economy is starting to improve, with 39% predicting that things will get worse and 28% saying the economy has bottomed out but isn’t getting better.

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“A very negative mood in the state continues despite new leadership,” said Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, which co-directed the bipartisan survey.

Only 19% of respondents said the state is going in the right direction, compared with 70% who said things are pretty seriously on the wrong track. More than two thirds, 68%, said they are “disappointed,” “angry,” or “uncertain” about California’s direction.

State policies and economic conditions have created a poor jobs climate here, discouraging businesses from locating in California or expanding here, voters said by a margin of 50% to 37%.

The Times will publish more findings in the coming days.

The Los Angeles Times/USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences poll included 1,503 registered voters polled from April 7 to 17. It was conducted by two companies based in the Washington, D.C., area: Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, a Democratic firm, and American Viewpoint, a Republican firm. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.53 percentage points.

-- Evan Halper in Sacramento

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