Polling in California's Proposition 62, which would end the death penalty, is, perhaps unsurprisingly, uncertain, though offering some hope for its abolition:

Polling in California's Proposition 62, which would end the death penalty, is, perhaps unsurprisingly, uncertain, though offering some hope for its abolition: http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/21/polls-voters-favor-legalizing-pot-outlawing-capital-punishment/ http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/21/polls-voters-favor-leg... "Proposition 62, which would replace the death penalty with lifetime imprisonment without parole, has a tougher road to passage, according to the Field Poll, done in conjunction with UC Berkeley’s Institute of Government Studies. The measure, which faces a competing state initiative, has the support of 48 percent of likely voters, while 37 percent oppose it and 15 percent are undecided. The pollsters cautioned, however, that a nearly identical proposition four years ago enjoyed a similar lead before being defeated by an electorate that wasn’t ready to soften sentences for some of the state’s most violent criminals."