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[–] 29 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Current polling:

https://www.ppic.org/publication/ppic-statewide-survey-californians-and-their-government-february-2026/

Steve Hilton, a Republican - 14
Katie Porter, a Democrat - 13
Chad Bianco, a Republican - 12
Eric Swalwell, a Democrat - 11
Tom Steyer, a Democrat - 10
*Other candidates - 30
Don't know - 10

To be clear, the primary is a top two race, so whoever the top 2 candidates are go to the general and those are your two choices for Governor.

With 1 point separating 1 from 2, 2 from 3 and so on, it could very easily be Hilton and Bianco (the only 2 Republicans running.)

30% of the vote is going to "Other". Those folks need to drop out and endorse a candidate who can actually win.

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Top two is such a dumb fucking system. Wouldn't surprise me in the least if some of the Democratic candidates are Republican plants to dilute the vote.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    That's the problem, there are only 2 Republicans running vs. 9 Democrats.

    Split 9 ways, there's no way for a Democrat to make the top 2.

    The solution is party primaries, one for the Democrats, one for the Republicans, I don't know who decided on this single primary bullshit.

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