the party split over whether to back Hilton or Bianco.<\/a><\/p>\nStatewide, Hilton had the support of about 47% of Republicans and Bianco had 24%, polling found. Steyer, a billionaire hedge fund manager turned liberal activist, had support from 9% of Republicans.<\/p>\n
In San Diego County, Hilton saw deeper GOP support, with 52% of Republicans backing him compared to 19% who support Bianco.<\/p>\n
On the Democratic side, Steyer has tapped his personal wealth to blanket television and social media with campaign ads.<\/p>\n
Steyer led among young voters in San Diego County as well as Democrats and those with a high school education, according to the poll.<\/p>\n
Only a slim portion of San Diego voters responded to the poll in the aftermath of the allegations against Swalwell. But of those who did, support jumped for a crop of Democratic candidates who have so far failed to get major traction in the race.<\/p>\n
Support for former Health and Human Services secretary Xavier Becerra went from 4% to 9% after the Swalwell news, according to the poll. It similarly jumped for former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and former state controller Betty Yee.<\/p>\n
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan saw his support in San Diego dip from 5% to 2% after the allegations against Swalwell became public.<\/p>\n
Support also dipped a percentage point for the race\u2019s other top Democrats, Steyer and Porter.<\/p>\n
The poll also found that San Diego area voters are supportive of a ballot measure to raise taxes for the ultra-wealthy but split over a potential local ballot measure to bring in more revenue for county government.<\/p>\n
Sixty-four percent of respondents said they backed a ballot measure calling to impose a one-time 5% tax on any residents of California whose net worth is more than $1 billion, the poll found.<\/p>\n
Statewide support was at 63%, the poll found.<\/p>\n
A major labor union, SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, is currently gathering signatures to get the measure on the ballot.<\/p>\n
Another organized-labor backed ballot measure to raise taxes in San Diego County was just shy of getting majority support, according to the poll.<\/p>\n
Forty-nine percent of respondents said they support a ballot measure for a half-cent sales tax surcharge to fund county programs such as social services, wildfire prevention and mitigation for the Tijuana River Valley sewage crisis.<\/p>\n
The sales tax hike had support from 54% of voters age 18 to 49, the poll found. It also had majority support among Democrats, renters and people who make less than $40,000 a year.<\/p>\n
Both the billionaire tax and sales tax hike need a simple majority to pass.<\/p>\n
Likely voters polled in San Diego County overwhelmingly chose the cost of living as the biggest issue facing California. That drew a 48% response, followed by homelessness, 10%; immigration, 9%; housing, 8%; and threats to democracy, 7%.<\/p>\n
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