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This 6 page paper provides an overview of the issues related to the Gray Davis recall election of October, 2003. This paper outlines the problems that Gray Davis faced as governor of California and the underlying reasons for the recall and election of Arnold Schwarzenagger. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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policies under the governorship of Gray Davis, and the recall election occurred as a natural progression of events (1). At the same time, others have recognized that the recall
election took on a kind of "meat market" appeal, with many of the challengers coming out of the celebrity woodwork (2). Critics of the process further argue that
Arnold Schwazenaggers win in the recall election occurred because of his celebrity status and his general popularity as a film figure, rather than because of an assessment of his political
capabilities (3). This kind of celebrity focus has not been uncommon in the state of California; many mayoral candidates, including Sonny Bono and Clint Eastwood, and governors, including Ronald
Regan, made their way from stardom to the political arena. The governorship of Gray Davis was plagued with a number of major problems from the onset. When Davis was
first elected in 1998, he won by a landslide and he had a 60 percent approval rating. California was booming because of Silicon Valley (4). The economy, however, plummeted
with the dot.com fall (5) and the onset of economic hardship hit the middle class. Then, in 2001, the state was hit with a severe energy crisis, driving costs
up while the residents of the state suffered rolling black-outs (6). Davis was criticized for lack of action to relieve the crisis (7).
The people also believed that high taxes for corporations were driving businesses out of the state (8). Under Davis tenure, Workers Compensation taxes tripled (9). Furthermore,
Californians themselves faced higher taxes - the car tax was tripled under Davis, for example, and the state had the second-highest income tax in the nation - 9.3 percent on
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