In a battle between two Californians considering Democratic runs for president in 2028, Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a slight edge over former Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a new poll.
The poll, conducted by Politico and The Citrin Center public opinion firm, found Newsom is the top choice of 25% of California’s Democratic voters in the 2028 Democratic primary, leading all prospective candidates including Harris, the 2024 Democratic nominee, who is supported by 19% of the state’s Democrats.
The two high-profile Californians are followed in the poll by former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (13%), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (10%), Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (4%) and New Jersey U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (4%).
Seeing as how Kamala has barely said a word in the last year, I think it is no surprise she’s sliding on the popularity scale. I’m guessing she’s planning on sliding into obscurity. Hope she proves otherwise.
I’m hoping she doesn’t. Harris has done nothing of value to the American people, and in fact treated her own base with such contempt that she lost to Donald fucking Trump. She and her ilk should all fuck off to the other side of the moon and let people with something resembling principles take the lead.