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Newsom's favorability rating surges in California
One year after Donald Trump’s return to the White House demoralized California Democrats, Gavin Newsom and allies are riding anti-Trump sentiment to a polling rebound.
A new survey from the Public Policy Institute of California finds that both the governor, a likely presidential candidate, and the heavily Democratic Legislature surged to majority support in the final months of this year. The approval jump comes after Newsom and fellow Democrats championed a gerrymandered new House map explicitly to counter Trump in next year’s midterm elections.
“Folks are in a post-Proposition 50 state of mind,” said Mark Baldassare, the institute’s polling director. “The public feels that the governor and Legislature’s interests are aligned more with theirs than the president and Congress and the Supreme Court, for that matter.”
Newsom’s favorability rating jumped 10 percentage points over the course of the year, from 46 percent in June to 56 percent this month. The Legislature’s standing improved by 8 points in the same time period, reaching a 53 percent majority.
A new survey from the Public Policy Institute of California finds that both the governor, a likely presidential candidate, and the heavily Democratic Legislature surged to majority support in the final months of this year. The approval jump comes after Newsom and fellow Democrats championed a gerrymandered new House map explicitly to counter Trump in next year’s midterm elections.
“Folks are in a post-Proposition 50 state of mind,” said Mark Baldassare, the institute’s polling director. “The public feels that the governor and Legislature’s interests are aligned more with theirs than the president and Congress and the Supreme Court, for that matter.”
Newsom’s favorability rating jumped 10 percentage points over the course of the year, from 46 percent in June to 56 percent this month. The Legislature’s standing improved by 8 points in the same time period, reaching a 53 percent majority.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/newsom-favorability-rating-surges-california-050100438.html