New Poll Has Brutal News For Kamala Harris If She's Considering 2028 Run For President

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On "Forbes Newsroom," Emerson Pollster Matt Taglia discussed a new poll showing that former Vice President Kamala Harris comes in third in California in a 2028 Democratic presidential preference poll.

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00:00are real adversaries. As we said earlier, Newsom did sue the Trump administration.

00:05Trump is super critical of Governor Gavin Newsom. I'm curious how their approval ratings stack up

00:11in California. This was also very interesting. So Governor Newsom right now, 44% approved,

00:2038% disapproved. That is a major improvement since we last tested this in April. So in April,

00:26he was at 33% approved, 42% disapproved. So that's a negative 11 rating overall.

00:34So I do think that some of this more pugnacious rhetoric that we've seen coming from Newsom,

00:42I think that that actually is helping his image. And I think that some of the things that he's

00:46doing right now, it's resonating with voters in California. You take a look at Trump,

00:51on the other hand, he's at 30% approved, 58% disapproved. That is nearly the same as April,

00:58very slightly worse. But I think we're seeing the effects here of, you know, two forces

01:04up against each other and the voters in California overall, they are siding with Governor Newsom.

01:11And that's really interesting because over the past year or so, maybe less than a little bit,

01:18Governor Newsom has, you know, we've seen two Governor Newsoms. One, someone who's attempting

01:23to make inroads with conservatives, talking to Charlie Kirk, talking to Steve Bannon on his podcast,

01:29seeing where they can close the gaps a bit. Then you're seeing this Governor Newsom who's coming

01:33out swinging at President Trump and the Trump administration and other Republicans.

01:39People have said that this could be him laying the groundwork for a 2028 presidential run.

01:44In California, is there appetite for that? I mean, who do they want to see in the race in 2028?

01:52Yeah, I certainly think that groundwork is being laid. That's fair to say. And in California,

01:59Newsom holds a lead in the hypothetical Democratic primary ballot for president. 23% support Newsom,

02:0817% for Buttigieg, and 11% for Harris. Everyone else is under 10% right now.

02:14So I think that there is appetite. This is a stark contrast, however, to April when we asked folks

02:20whether they think Governor Newsom should run for president. And 60% said that he should not run

02:27for president. Now, again, that was asked of the entire electorate, not just Democrats. But it is

02:34interesting to see that despite the fact that folks didn't believe that he should run for president,

02:39now he's in the lead in California's presidential primary area, if he does indeed step in.

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