Steyer polls the Newsom recall -- offering himself as an alternative
Source: Politico
Tom Steyer is polling the California recall.
And the billionaire environmental activist and erstwhile presidential hopeful has included his own name among the list of possible contenders to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom, according to three people familiar with the recent survey.
A Steyer entity commissioned the wide-ranging poll on a number of issues impacting the state’s political landscape. Among them was the Covid pandemic, the environment, and other topics close to him. But his group also notably asked Californians whether they were prepared to oust Newsom from office a year before his first term is set to expire. And, the survey included a handful of fallback options for Democrats should Newsom lose enough support to get booted out of office, including Steyer himself.
The poll comes as 58 county registrars in California now work to verify whether the recall of Newsom has the 1.5 million valid voter signatures needed to qualify for a fall recall election. While Steyer opposes the recall, saying in a statement that it was “a clear attempt by the GOP to take back control of the state and squelch the progressive momentum,” he has been relatively quiet on the push. He has not tweeted about the recall and only once this year mentioned Newsom in a tweet: a thread tied to the governor’s State of the State address.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/23/steyer-newsom-recall-alternative-477735
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When folks were gathering signatures, they were typically maskless, waving Trump flags and insisting that COVID was a hoax:
He ran for governor — you did not. We elected him, not you. One of the reasons we ended up with Schwarzenegger (R) last time around is because a bajillion Dems & similar crowded on to the ballot during Gray Davis’ (D) recall election.
The only way the Repubs can win any more is by cheating, and if ginning up a recall on trumped up charges isn’t cheating, what is? .... Oh, I know, ginning up sexual harassment charges against a Dem governor on the opposite coast.
