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The Los Angeles Times PoU interviewed 916 adults in the city of Los
Angeles by telephone·on Wednesday, Aprils: and Thursday, April4.
The question on Gates' leave of absence was asked only on Thursday,
. April 4, after the Police Commission action placing Gates on a leave of
absence. That question is based on 620 adults interviewed on Thursday.
• Do you think Police Chief Daryl Gates should:
APRIL4 MARCH21 MARCHS
Resign if investigation
proves wrongdoing
Should not resign
Don't Know
37% 31% 27%
32% 32% 48%
4% 6% 12%
• Whose actions and statements
have done more to Improve the
atmosphere In L.A. in the wake of
the Rodney King beating?
Bradley ......... :.; ........ 46%
Gates .•.....•.....• ·• • . • . . . 23%
Both equally • • • • • • • • • • .. . .. .. 5%
Neither.................... 18%
Don't Know ............ : .. ... 8%
• Wf.len it comes to questions of
ethics and honesty, who do you
think has the better record?
Bradley . . • • • • • . . . . . . . . . . . • . 37%
Gates ...................... , 26%
. Both Equally .........•.•....• 7%
Neither ...................... ;. 14% ·
Don't Know ................ 16% ·
• If the 1993 election for mayor ·'
of Los Angeles were being held
today, and the candidates were
Tom Bradley and Daryl Gates, for
whom would you vote:
Bradley .... ., .. .. .. . • .. .. .. 51%
Gates •.••••••••.•••••••••• 18%
Neither ............... .".. .. 20%
, Someone Else • .. • .. .. .. .. .. . 3%
Don't Know ••••.•• · ••••••.•...• 8%
• Do you approve or disapprove of
the decision to give Police Chief
Gates ·a temporary leave tlf absence
of at least 60 days?
Approve ••••..••••••• , •••••. 58%
Disapprove ............. : .... 38%
Don't know ................... 4%
NOTE: The sample in this poll inciudes 525 Anglos, 189Latinos and 114 blacks. Results
are weighted to reflect the proper proportions of the city's population subgroups, utilizing
census data on race and national origin, sex and labor force characteristics. The margin of
sampling error for results based on the citywide sample is plus or minus four percentage
points. The error margin for the sample of those interviewed Thursday night is also four
points. For the Anglo subgroup the error margin is plus or minus five points, for Latinos it is
plus or minus eight points and for blacks plus or minus nine points.