'Humbled' Newsom Defeats Recall in Landslide | RealClearPolitics

Sep 15, 2021 View Original Article
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  • Policy Leaning

    12% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    94% Negative

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"In addition to his notorious attendance at a dier party at the elite French Laundry restaurant while warning all California residents against such gatherings, Newsom tried to empathize with parents about the difficulty of learning on Zoom calls while shuttering public schools last year."
Positive
22% Conservative
"From the begiing of this year, it was clear most frustrated parents wanted public schools and most businesses open, with a majority of residents putting up with or fully backing widespread mask rules and embracing vaccination or testing rules for teachers."
Positive
2% Conservative
"His own kids were attending private schools already offering in-person instruction."
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-16% Liberal
"Instead, the pair lambasted Elder as a Trump clone who is wildly out of step with the majority of the state's liberal voters when it comes to abortion, the minimum wage, paid maternity leave, racial-equality measures, among many issues."
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-34% Liberal
"Even though Newsom earns high marks in recent polls for his handling of the pandemic, he and Biden, campaigning together on Monday, spent little time highlighting his overall record as governor."
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14% Conservative
"California Gov. Gavin Newsom will remain in office after overwhelmingly defeating the recall effort aimed at ousting him."
Positive
12% Conservative
"While Biden remains popular in California, his approval rating nationwide is five points underwater since the chaotic and deadly Afghanistan withdrawal, according to the RealClearPolitics average of polls."
Positive
2% Conservative
"David Axelrod, the former chief political strategist for Obama, argued that the results were more a warning sign for Republicans than necessarily a sign of a great encouragement for Democrats considering the state is solidly blue."
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-6% Liberal
"Leading up to Election Day, Elder echoed some of the same claims of fraud Trump has raised about the recall in recent days."
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-8% Liberal
"Newsom in recent weeks became the first governor to require statewide masking in schools, and vaccines for state workers, beating Biden to the punch on his federal worker mandate."
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-14% Liberal
"The combative provocateur shook up the race with his late entry in early July, quickly vaulting past former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, a pro-choice centrist, as well as businessman and pereial candidate John Cox, Assemblyman Kevin Kiley and former Olympian-turned-reality-star Caitlyn Jeer."
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-24% Liberal
"The combative provocateur shook up the race with his late entry in early July, quickly vaulting past former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, a pro-choice centrist, as well as businessman and pereial candidate John Cox, Assemblyman Kevin Kiley and former Olympian-turned-reality-star Caitlyn Jeer."
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-24% Liberal
"Obama deemed the election a matter of life and death - the difference between protecting kids from COVID or putting them at risk, helping Californians recover or taking them backward."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"Instead, the pair lambasted Elder as a Trump clone who is wildly out of step with the majority of the state's liberal voters when it comes to abortion, the minimum wage, paid maternity leave, racial-equality measures, among many issues."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"In the final days, President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris stumped with Newsom, while former President Obama cut a television ad."
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-72% Liberal
"In the final days, President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris stumped with Newsom, while former President Obama cut a television ad."
Negative
-72% Liberal
"In the final days, President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris stumped with Newsom, while former President Obama cut a television ad."
Negative
-72% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : In addition to his notorious attendance at a dinner party at the elite French Laundry restaurant while warning all California residents against such gatherings, Newsom tried to empathize with parents about the difficulty of learning on Zoom calls while shuttering public schools last year.
51% : From the beginning of this year, it was clear most frustrated parents wanted public schools and most businesses open, with a majority of residents putting up with or fully backing widespread mask rules and embracing vaccination or testing rules for teachers.
42% : His own kids were attending private schools already offering in-person instruction.
33% : Instead, the pair lambasted Elder as a "Trump clone" who is wildly out of step with the majority of the state's liberal voters when it comes to abortion, the minimum wage, paid maternity leave, racial-equality measures, among many issues.

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