Democratic voters polled by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies also overwhelmingly favored having a prominent Democratic replacement candidate on the recall ballot in case Newsom is ousted from office.
In comparison, 49% of voters oppose removing the governor from office, a slight improvement over the 45% who opposed doing so in January.Dan Newman, one of the governor’s political consultants, said the poll results show that Californians are proud of what Newsom has accomplished since he took office in January 2019 and cast the recall effort as political subterfuge orchestrated by dissatisfied Republicans.
That may be a reflection of Republicans being excited about ousting a Democratic governor — it is only the second recall of a sitting California governor to reach the ballot. That could lead to a Republican advantage in voter turnout, though that may change once Newsom and the state Democratic Party mount what is expected to be an aggressive effort to rally their own supporters.
At the beginning of the year, the governor’s plan to distribute vaccines across a state of nearly 40 million people sputtered out of the gate. California’s vaccine plan initially prioritized all essential workers and those 65 and older. But just weeks into the plan’s rollout, the Newsom administration changed course and adopted a chronological age-based system for residents younger than 65.As of May 9, close to 32.5 million vaccine doses have been administered statewide with 14.
Newsom also was dinged on housing affordability, with 53% of voters saying he’s done a poor job on that issue. Criticism of Newsom’s effort to handle crime and criminal justice also is growing — 42% of those surveyed said he’s doing a poor job, up from 35% in September.“This governor is radioactive,” said Orrin Heatlie, the official proponent of the recall effort. “The true damage that he’s done to the state won’t be known for decades.
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