A new poll shows more Californians would vote to let Gov. Gavin Newsom keep his job than vote him out of office, should the recall election be held right now.
The survey, released Tuesday California-based Probolsky Research, found 46% of voters and 53% of those who are likely to vote in a possible recall election would vote to keep the governor in office. On the flip side, 40% of all voters and 35% of recall voters would vote against him.
About 42% of voters and 47% of likely recall voters have a favorable view of Gov. Newsom, while 39% of voters and 37% of likely recall voters don’t.
"The governor has higher favorables than unfavorables and the recall would fail if the election was today," said Adam Probolsky, president of Probolsky Research. "We did find some worrying signs of weakness for Newsom, including sizable recall support from Latino voters."
Among Latino voters, almost 45% would vote to remove the first-term Democrat from office. Among Black, white and Asian voters, none of those majorities that chose a side would vote the governor from his job.
It's no surprise 80% of Republicans said they would vote to oust him.
However, the governor does currently have the majority of voters who said they have no party preference in his favor.
Counties have until April 29 to validate signatures turned in by the group leading the recall effort. Based on their validity rate thus far, it’s widely believed the campaign’s signatures will be enough to trigger a recall election later this year.
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