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%).
That’s just it: his policies are how he governs. Awful Neoliberal policies devastating working people to the point that most can barely afford to live is (along with billionaire-owned yellow media) how things got bad enough for a resurgence of fascism.
That being said, the Neoliberal style of campaigning where the vast majority of their messaging is aimed at converting the increasingly tiny sliver of a demographic that have voted GOP and would ever in a million years vote Dem while ignoring the leftmost two thirds of their own base is a losing strategy that lost to the most unqualified and repulsive presidential candidate in living memory if not ever. TWICE.
In conclusion: his policies (and the fact that he’s almost as corrupt as your average Republican) would make him an awful president, and the campaign strategy of the DNC that he’d doubtlessly go along with would make him likely to lose to someone even worse.