The poll comes as Newsom has taken a more aggressive position in standing up to President Donald Trump.

The poll indicates support for the more aggressive position Newsom has taken in standing up to Donald Trump, particularly over a plan by Republicans in Texas to redraw their state’s congressional seat map in the hopes of winning more seats in midterm elections next year.

The battle to become the 2028 presidential election candidate will likely set the new direction for the Democratic Party as it struggles with net favorability at what one recent poll showed to be a three-year low. Newsom has not formally announced his candidacy.

  • floofloof@lemmy.ca
    12·
    2 days ago

    From what I’ve seen, he’s further to the right than even many of the utterly useless center-right Democrats.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33·
      2 days ago

      Out of curiosity, why did you reply to a comment about the importance of differentiating neoliberals from Dems, by conflating the two?

      • floofloof@lemmy.ca
        32·
        2 days ago

        Because they haven’t left the Democratic Party yet, and though the party may be starting to move away from neoliberalism, most of its most prominent voices today are still neoliberals. Running Newsom as a presidential candidate would seal the deal.

        • frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip
          21·
          2 days ago

          I believe we’re at least a decade out from progressives being the main front runners for the party. The baby boomers are still in power because they vote the most, followed by Gen X who is even more conservative than the Baby Boomers based on the 2024 voter data.

          When Millennials finally start getting into power and make up more of the voter share I could see progressives being the majority.

          Alternatively, if we change the voting system in more states, like Alaska and Maine did, then we could have more candidates winning elections that are closer politically to Mamdani, AOC, and Bernie. It would enable third party candidates to have a much greater chance of winning elections as well.

          • thedruid@lemmy.world
            1·
            10 hours ago

            No bgen xers are not. Absolutely no.

            Millenials and zoomers are just as conservative.

            In fact zoomers and millenials, the largest voting block now, went trump

            Please enough with the age thing

            For Christ sakes yes some older people, including me are more conservative, gen exers are cranky and want to be left alone. We are Not more conservative

            It is a MONEY thing. Not a generation thing

            Youbwongvsee progressives running the country until that is removed. EOS.

            Fight the class war. That’s what the real issue is. Not our ages. . Edited. I am more conservative in things like fiscal repsonsibilty, not human rights, Nazi tolerance or any of that shit.

            What’s funny is I find racist war mongers on both sides, screaming how had the other side is.

            • frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip
              1·
              5 hours ago

              Pew Research data shows that Xers voted much more conservatively than the other demographics. Even more so than Baby Boomers.

              The data shows how they voted; Zoomers and Millennials were both majorities for Harris.

              I bring this up because there is data to back this. Gen Xers were more conservative, and since they vote at a larger scale than Millennials and Zoomers we’re much more likely to be pulled into more conservative politics for another decade or two at the least.

              I believe it is a cultural thing and a money thing. Exposure to things like unleaded gasoline, microplastics, and misinformation/propaganda at a grand scale likely hasn’t helped.

              Culturally more people have been raised to be progressive than they have been in the past.

              Money doesn’t leave politics unless we vote in enough ethical leaders to change the laws. That can be more likely under a different voting system throughout the country.

              The class struggle requires new generations being pulled into the cause, but if older generations vote more conservatively and have a higher percentage share of the votes then we won’t be able to vote in anything to address or tackle the class struggle for possibly another decade. The more we fail to pass positive change, the more burned out some people get from the process as well.

              Organizing, unionizing, and trying to change the voting system to use an alternative voting system are our best bets at the moment I feel.

              The war mongers are the neo-liberals on both sides, since they usually have some huge benefits from their districts and from arms sales.