Kamala Harris Comes In Fourth Place In California Poll
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Kamala Harris is not the number one pick of California democrats.
A recent poll of California Democrats found her coming in fourth place.
Gavin Newsom: 28%
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 14%
former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg: 11%
Kamala Harris: 9%
Californians have never been forced to choose between Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris, two homegrown political darlings, during any election.
But if the state’s registered Democrats picked now, Newsom would trounce Harris as their party’s next nominee for president and have the edge over other Democratic contenders, according to a poll released Friday by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies and co-sponsored by The Times.
Twenty-eight percent of the California Democrats who were surveyed selected the governor as their top choice in the 2028 presidential election. U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) followed with 14% and former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg received 11%. Harris came in fourth, with only 9% of voters in her own state naming her as their preferred Democratic nominee.
“It’s quite a positive result for Newsom,” said Mark DiCamillo, director of the Berkeley IGS Poll. “He’s separated himself from the rest of the pack, and especially when you compare him to the other major Californian in the considerations, he’s three times as much as Kamala. That’s quite impressive.”
Newsom also beat Kamala Harris among African American voters.
This is despite California voters being very familiar with Harris, who once served two terms as state attorney general and four years as a US senator.
Newsom interestingly also dominated Harris with African Americans, beating her by 12 points, 49% to 37%. He drew his strongest support from older, Latino and male voters.
