Embattled California Gov. Newsom, facing recall election, says it's time for Democrats to wake up
OAKLAND, Calif. —Eighteen years ago, California voters tossed a Democratic governor out of office and installed a Republican (Arnold Schwarzenegger) in the governor's mansion. Could another Democratic governor suffer the same fate in September?
Gov. Gavin Newsom, in his third year office, fears that might happen to him, unless he can persuade Democratic voters to believe the threat of a recall is real. “Democrats up and down the state haven’t taken this seriously, whereas Republicans have,” he said. “Republicans see this as a historic opportunity.”
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California remains an overwhelmingly Democratic state. Newsom won his election in 2018 with 62 percent of the vote. In 2020, President Biden defeated incumbent Donald Trump here with 64 percent of the vote. Unlike 2003, when then-Democratic Gov. Gray Davis had dismal approval ratings, Newsom’s number is just above 50 percent. All things being equal, he should easily fend off the recall challenger.
But there is an asymmetry to the recall election, so far. Republicans are paying far more attention than are Democrats, and they appear to be much more motivated to vote. A series of polls now show that, among likely voters, support for recalling Newsom is nearly as high as opposition.
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