Democratic candidates are clinging to narrow leads over their Republican rivals in two key California races with less than three weeks to go until Nov. 2 elections, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Friday.
Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer's lead over Republican Carly Fiorina among likely voters in California is only 1 percentage point, 46 percent to 45 percent, down slightly from a 4-point advantage early this month.
Democrat Jerry Brown's advantage against Republican Meg Whitman in the race to succeed Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor is at 48 percent to 44 percent, narrower than a 7-point lead he held in an earlier October poll.
The margin of error for likely voters in the latest survey is 4.6 percentage points, making the Democrats' lead more tenuous.
