California Poll: 2002-01 -- January 23-27, 2002

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 2002-01 N=1022.费尔德民调（Field Poll）由默文·费尔德（Mervin Field）于1945年创立，最初定名为加州民调（The California Poll），作为独立、无党派且由媒体赞助的公共舆论新闻服务机构持续运营至今。每年的费尔德民调都会覆盖广泛的政治与社会议题，以调研加州公众的舆论倾向。该民调持续追踪选民对角逐州级及联邦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价，以及公众对重大政治事件的反应；同时还会长期跟踪选民对重大竞选议题与全州范围内受关注的全民公投提案（ballot propositions）的认知程度、理解水平与倾向立场。本次2002-01号民调的有效样本量（N）为1022。