The poll indicates support for the more aggressive position Newsom has taken in standing up to Donald Trump, particularly over a plan by Republicans in Texas to redraw their state’s congressional seat map in the hopes of winning more seats in midterm elections next year.

The battle to become the 2028 presidential election candidate will likely set the new direction for the Democratic Party as it struggles with net favorability at what one recent poll showed to be a three-year low. Newsom has not formally announced his candidacy.

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    23 hours ago

    No. Fuck no. Hell the fuck no. He can keep doing his attack dog shit, that’s fine he IS NOT presidential material. He is not what this conversation ntry needs to fix the shit Republicans have deliberately broken.

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      13 hours ago

      He can keep doing his attack dog shit

      That is exactly the kind of person we need to win elections though.

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        12 hours ago

        No, we need someone who can actually get shit done. Not someone who is only good at performative shows.

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            12 hours ago

            Well that sure would be easier if Democrats kept their fingers off the scale when popular candidates show up.

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                12 hours ago

                Last I heard “…the DNC charter’s promise of ‘impartiality and evenhandedness’ as a mere political promise—political rhetoric that is not enforceable in federal courts…”