I doubt that it will have much effect except to bring the economy to the forefront in some campaigns. It's interesting that the conservatives blamed the liberal Davis here while the liberals blame the so-called conservative Bush on a national front.

In my opinion the current economic situation has little to do with either although the current budget shortfalls reflect over-spending in optimistic times.

It seems to me that ideological and emotional issues will prevail over reason as shown by the differences in county results.

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San Francisco County:
Arnold Schwarzenegger - 39,330 votes - (18.9%)
Cruz M. Bustamante - 132,123 votes - (63.4%)

Los Angeles County:
Arnold Schwarzenegger - 787,048 votes - (45.0%)
Cruz M. Bustamante - 657,135 votes - (37.6%)

San Diego County:
Arnold Schwarzenegger - 418,555 votes - (59.4%)
Cruz M. Bustamante - 167,993 votes - (23.9%)

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I wonder what effect Arnold's success wil have on fishing releated issues?