{"id":610330,"date":"2021-08-03T20:36:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T00:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=610330"},"modified":"2021-08-03T20:36:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T00:36:42","slug":"new-poll-shows-drive-to-recall-gov-newsom-gained-traction-in-past-2-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-shows-drive-to-recall-gov-newsom-gained-traction-in-past-2-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"New Poll Shows Drive To Recall Gov. Newsom Gained Traction In Past 2 Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-poll-shows-drive-to-recall-gov-newsom-gained-traction-in-past-2-weeks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=610330&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Newsom-Recall-Poll.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The latest Emerson College and Nexstar Media\u2019s \u201cInside California Politics\u201d poll shows support for the effort to oust Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom has grown in recent weeks as the state has experienced an increase in COVID-19 transmission.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents of the governor drew attention to his handling of the pandemic and collected enough signatures to secure a special election to recall Newsom on September 14.<\/p>\n<p>The new poll results released on Tuesday found support for the recall at 46%, up from 43% in the previous poll from July 20, two weeks ago. However, 48% said they opposed the recall, and 6% of likely voters are undecided, pollsters found, adding that the number of undecided voters had fallen 3%.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.9344827586207\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">California Poll with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kron4news?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kron4news<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOX40?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FOX40<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KSEE24?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KSEE24<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KGETnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KGETnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KTLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KTLA<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fox5sandiego?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fox5sandiego<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Would you vote to recall, or to keep Governor Newsom?<\/p>\n<p>46% Vote to recall<br \/>48% Vote to keep<br \/>6% Undecided <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZygJ92SeSi\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZygJ92SeSi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I6I43xYtJB\">pic.twitter.com\/I6I43xYtJB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emerson College Polling (@EmersonPolling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmersonPolling\/status\/1422542774369402884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The poll surveyed 1,000 Californians and was conducted from July 30 to August 1. It has a margin of error of +\/- 3 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom\u2019s approval rating fell from 49% last month to 48% in the current poll. In addition, 42% said they disapproved of Newsom\u2019s job performance, while 10% were unsure or had no opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Respondents were also asked about the top issue facing California, and homelessness led at 19%, remaining the number one answer from July. Other top-ranking issues included housing (16%), COVID-19 (15%), and crime (13%, up from 7% last month).<\/p>\n<p>Spencer Kimball, Director of Emerson College Polling, said, \u201cThis poll suggests that the tightening of the race could be attributed to people\u2019s increased concern on crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More findings from the latest \u201cInside California Politics\u201d poll:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"21\">\n<p><em>Education appears to impact voter attitudes toward the recall as respondents without a college degree were more in favor of the recall (54% recall\/39% keep) than those with a college degree (36% recall\/59% keep).&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Hispanics are the only racial group in favor of the recall (54% recall\/41% keep), while White respondents were split (48% recall\/49% keep). Majorities of Black respondents (41% recall\/57% keep) and Asian respondents (30% recall\/49% keep) were in favor of keeping Newsom as Governor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Majorities of Republicans (80% recall\/16% keep) and Independents (54% recall\/ 34% keep) are in favor of the recall. Democrats are largely in favor of keeping Newsom, but almost a quarter plan to vote to recall the Governor (23% recall\/73% keep).&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Men are split (47% recall\/47% keep), while women are more in favor of keeping Newsom (44% recall\/51% keep).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pollsters also found that Republican talk show host Larry Elder leads the list of more than 40 candidates on the ballot to replace Newsom with 23% support, up seven percentage points since the last survey.<\/p>\n<p>The other leading contenders, all Republicans, were in the single digits. Businessman John Cox and Caitlyn Jenner are both polling at 7%. According to the poll, California State Assemblyman Kevin Kiley is at 5%, while former San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer has 4% support.<\/p>\n<p>Thirteen percent of those surveyed said they planned to vote for other candidates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Emerson College and Nexstar Media\u2019s \u201cInside California Politics\u201d poll shows support for the effort to oust Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom has grown in recent weeks as the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-610330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}