With two weeks to go before the election of California’s governor’s recall, conservative radio host Larry Elder leads the polls and becomes the Republican candidate of choice for voters to replace the governor. Gavin Newson If the Democrats are removed from office.
After launching an election campaign in July, Elder quickly became the front runner of the game. He was one of 46 candidates who appeared in the vote for the recall election on September 14.Among these candidates, 24 are Republicans, Nine are Democratic Party The rest are either third-party candidates or choose to declare on the ballot that there is no party preference.
Elder Announce He decided to participate in the recall on July 12. Although Elder was initially excluded from the state’s preliminary list of candidates eligible for special elections, The judge ordered State election officials add his name to their List of certified candidates, Released on July 21 (including Elder’s name).
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Results of a poll conducted by Emerson College Inside California politics Released on the same day as the state-certified recall candidate list Elders are already leading His Republican colleagues are 10 percentage points or more higher.Although conservatives like the 2018 governor candidate John Cox, the former mayor of San Diego Kevin Faulkner The TV personality Caitlin Jenner had been running for a few months before Elder ran. Elder quickly surpassed them in the polls and maintained the highest voting position.
A sort of University of California A poll released by the Berkeley Institute of Government at the end of July showed that among possible voters, Elder leads Falcona and Cox by 8%, Jenner lags further behind with a 2% approval rate, and the Republican Party State Assemblyman Kevin Keeley leads with a 3% approval rating.The second poll of Emerson College found that Elder was 16 percentage points or more ahead of his Republican rivals, and Polls conducted Throughout August, according to the U.S. Survey, YouGov, and Change Research, Elder maintained a double-digit lead among potential voters, rather than other Republican candidates.
Although Newsom’s campaign and California Democratic Party Democratic voters are discouraged from choosing among alternative candidates. Kevin Paffrath became a Democrat whom some voters expressed possible support in a recent poll. Paffrath is known for his YouTube username “Meet Kevin”. In the SurveyUSA poll conducted in early August, his opinion was 4 percentage points higher than that of Elder, and in follow-up polls conducted by YouGov and Change Research, he The polls are higher than all Republican candidates except Elder.
Although Elder has been in the lead in most polls since election officials started sending votes to voters by mail, due to Elder’s past comments on women and his former fiancee’s accusation that Elder once wielded a gun , The campaign surrounding him sparked controversy. In front of her.Elder argued with the Democrats “distortion” His comments on female voters Capitalist journal Article published in 2000 and denied what he said “Allegations of indecency” By his former fiancee.Faulkner and Jenner both call on Elder quit The game earlier this month.
At the same time, the results of public opinion polls released throughout August indicate that voters are divided on whether they want to recall Newsom. If the majority of voters decide to indeed remove Newsom, the candidate who replaces him will complete Newsom’s current term, which will end after the midterm elections next year. Regardless of the outcome of the recall election on September 14, California will hold a governor election.
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