A majority of California voters want Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to stay in office, polling shows
A majority of California voters want Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to stay in office, polling shows as the election wraps up on Tuesday.
FiveThirtyEight.com's compilation of polls showed that 57 per cent of California voters wanted Newsom to stay in office, while 40 per cent planned to vote for his removal.
A Los Angeles Times poll shows 60.1% of likely voters surveyed oppose recalling Newsom compared with 38.5% in favor of ousting the governor.
A month ago, polls were essentially tied among Californians who planned to vote 'no' on the recall, which would allow the Democrat to remain, and those who planned to vote 'yes,' to oust him.
The second question on the recall ballot asks Californians to choose a Newsom replacement, which is where Republican Larry Elder is in the lead.
Voters arrive to cast their ballots at the Lincoln Park Senior Center in Los Angeles Tuesday
Newsom's campaign expects to sail to victory in Tuesday's recall race, where voters will decide whether to oust the Democrat and replace him with a Republican - the most likely being conservative radio show host Larry Elder.
'There's no scenario where we lose tomorrow,' Newsom campaign adviser Sean Clegg told reporters Monday night in Long Beach, before Newsom was joined by President Joe Biden for a final rally. 'I may have a lot of Clegg on my face tomorrow, but I don't see a scenario where we're not talking about a victory for the governor,' he jokingly added.
The campaign's boast came after Newsom saw a steady five-week ascent in the polls after they appeared deadlocked in early August among those who wanted to keep Newsom and those who wanted to see him replaced.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's (left) campaign believes he'll sail to victory in Tuesday's recall race in the state. On Monday night he was joined at a Long Beach rally with President Joe Biden (center) and his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom (right)
Republican conservative radio show host Larry Elder hugs a patron as he visits Philippe The Original Deli during a campaign for the California gubernatorial recall election on Monday. Elder is the most likely replacement for Newsom, polls show
'We saw the Delta surge as a real inflection moment in this campaign. I think it was a turning point for us,' Clegg explained. 'What Delta brought into clear, clear focus was what the stakes are in this election. When one party has basically become an anti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-public health party.'
'Our message and endgame here reduced to a single sentence: a vote for this recall is a vote for a pro-Trump, anti-vaxx Republican governor who is going to reverse vaccine mandates on day one,' Clegg said.
Vaccine mandates are popular in the state with 61 per cent of California adults in favor of some kind of mandate according to a survey conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California conducted late last month.
That Trump link was broadcast Monday night by Biden, who appeared alongside Newsom at a rally at Long Beach City College.
'You either keep Gavin Newsom as your governor or you get Donald Trump,' Biden warned.
