The recall election coming later this year for California Governor Gavin Newsom doesn’t appear likely to end with his removal from office. Although Newsom’s opponents have gathered enough signatures to require a vote—and conditions in the state could still change—polls show that public support for the effort is far below […] Read more »
Voter Support for Recalling Governor Newsom Remains at 36%
The latest Berkeley IGS Poll completed last week finds that the proportion of California voters who support recalling Governor Gavin Newsom stands at 36%, unchanged from late January. However, a larger proportion of voters now say they intend to vote NO in the recall (49%), up four points from three […] Read more »
Republicans shut out Democrats in Texas’s special election. That’s a bad omen for Team Blue.
President Biden’s success in the suburbs last year has led many Democrats to crow about their chance to create a new version of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal coalition, which dominated U.S. politics for nearly 50 years. Saturday’s special election in Texas’s 6th Congressional District shows how far the party […] Read more »
California: Reading the Tea Leaves on the Governor’s Recall
COVID-related decisions affecting California’s K–12 public schools and the economy have been among the most vexing issues faced by state officials in the past year. Has voter frustration with Governor Newsom over these two key policy arenas fueled the recall effort? Clearly, some Californians have been unhappy with his approach, […] Read more »
The Virginia governor’s race will foreshadow the political future
The Virginia governor’s race, which historically offers a check against the national outcome of the previous year’s presidential election, is shaping up as a microcosm of our current politics. On the Democratic side, an establishment figure known as a glad-handing pragmatist leads the primary field, even as he’s been forced […] Read more »
Early front-runners like Andrew Yang usually win NYC mayoral primaries
The New York City Democratic mayoral primary is now less than two months away, on June 22. The polls indicate that businessman and former 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang continues to hold a clear lead in the first New York City mayoral election being held under ranked choice voting. While […] Read more »