California Poll: 9804 -- May 20-26, 1998

The Field Poll, established in 1945 as The California Poll by Mervin Field, has operated continuously as an independent, non-partisan, media-sponsored public opinion news service. Each year the Field Polls cover a wide range of political and social topics examining California public opinion. Continuing measures are made of voter support for leading political figures vying for major state and federal offices, job ratings of important political figures and reactions to significant political events. Voter awareness, understanding and predispositions of major campaign issues and salient statewide ballot propositions are also tracked over time. For poll 9804 N=714.

菲尔德民调（Field Poll）由默文·菲尔德（Mervin Field）于1945年创立，初始名称为加州民调（The California Poll），作为独立无党派、由媒体赞助的公共舆论新闻服务机构持续运营至今。每年，菲尔德民调都会围绕覆盖加州公共舆论的各类政治与社会议题开展调研，具体包括：持续追踪选民对角逐州级及联邦级重要公职的主流政治人物的支持度、重要政治人物的履职评分，以及公众对重大政治事件的态度反应；同时长期跟踪选民对重大竞选议题以及全州范围内受关注的公投提案的认知、理解与倾向态度。本次民调编号为9804，有效样本量为714。