Aug 20 - Gavin Newsom SURGES in 2028 Presidential Primary Poll

Support for California Governor Gavin Newsom as a possible Democratic presidential candidate in 2028 has surged over the past four months, a new poll shows.

Newsweek reached out to Newsom via email for comment after normal business hours.

Why It Matters
The poll indicates support for the more aggressive position Newsom has taken in standing up to President 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.

What To Know
The new poll, conducted by Echelon Insights, has Newsom in second place among potential Democratic candidates with 13 percent support, behind former Vice President Kamala Harris with 26 percent. The survey was taken from August 14 to August 18 with a 3.6 percent margin of error among 1,057 registered voters.

A poll published by Echelon Insights in April had Newsom only in sixth place with 4 percent, behind former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, both on 7 percent. Harris was again in first place with 28 percent.

In the new poll, Buttigieg was in third place with 11 percent and Ocasio-Cortez in fourth place with 6 percent.

The California governor has been punching back at Trump over the past few weeks, particularly in the war of words over redistricting. Meanwhile, his press office has turned its social media feed into a stream of all-caps posts, pop culture parodies and AI-edited meme content, aimed squarely at mocking Trump in style while countering Republican initiatives.

Meena Bose, the executive dean of Hofstra University's Peter S. Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs, told Newsweek last month that polls this far out from a primary were "informative but not necessarily instructive," largely indicating name recognition or reflecting a stated interest in running in 2028.

Newsom and Buttigieg both have public visibility but a more solid idea of who is running – and who is leading – will develop after the midterms and change after debates and early contests, Bose said, adding that whether Ocasio-Cortez is a viable candidate will be seen after the midterms.

There is also a big question over whether Harris will stand after her loss to Trump last year. In her first interview since she left office on January 20, she told Stephen Colbert that she would not run for California governor in 2026, but denied it was so that she could run for a "different office" — the implication being another run for the presidency.

Newsom has already been on the ascent since February in early 2028 polling in the aftermath of the deadly Los Angeles County fires.

Online betting website Polymarket said this week that his chances of beating Ocasio-Cortez to win the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028 are increasing. The site showed Newsom on 21 percent and leading Ocasio Cortez by 7 percentage points in a hypothetical matchup that also includes other high-profile Democrats. This is 3 percentage points more than earlier this month, when Newsom was 4 percentage points ahead of Ocasio-Cortez. Polymarket showed Harris on only 5 percent.

Ocasio-Cortez has also not formally announced her candidacy for the 2028 race.

What People Are Saying
Strategist Mike Madrid, a political consultant and co-founder of the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump political action committee, previously told Newsweek about Newsom: "People thought his career was over. Now, he's in the top three in every poll."

"Democrats are looking for a fighter. It's not about ideology anymore. You can be centrist or progressive — what matters is that you stand up and hit back. The more aggressive Newsom gets, the more support he builds."

Trump told reporters in June: "He's done a terrible job. I like Gavin Newsom. He's a nice guy but he's grossly incompetent, everybody knows."

What Happens Next
Typically, most candidates do not begin announcing presidential runs until after the midterm elections.

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CNN Data Guru Reveals Newsom’s Relentless Trump Mockery Is ‘Absolutely’ Working

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Trump doesn't understand our economy, how the presidency works, or how foreign affairs work. You can't support a double digit IQ president and try to point fingers.

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gavin newsome aka republican lite won't win n will not have a lot of the black vote due to how he intentionally fumbled the california reparations bill for black americans only last year. him and wes moore will pay dearly 4 that come election time

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dude is mid and still lightyears more competent than ped0 Cheeto or Couch fu#ker

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im not sold yet, but I do hope Democrats hold primaries this time around

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You cukks are cooked

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Lol. Democrats really are down bad if Newsom is their top candidate smh.

I mean do we really gotta go through his track record in California.
just one of many things the bozo has been fighting homelessness for like 15 years and it's only got worse. Look at the streets what is it in the multi billions spent on it now? What he has done with all that money?
Yet he could get the streets cleaned up nice and pristine for China's president visit then right back to sh1t as soon as he left.
What a joke.

Just stick to Trolling Trump and Maga on X all day and running Cali into the ground With that looney bi#ch Bass. he's not the one Democrats handing over a win in 2028 running him.

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Honestly his game on social media is tight but that’s NOT ENOUGH at all. He better be so progressive and shamelessly mean about it that Jesus wouldn’t know what to do

Only idiots would gass this guy up

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So from the article top possible candidates are

Newsom , AOC , Buttplugiege and Harris at last place lol

What a line up smh.
Holy sh1t wtf are Democrats thinking. This can't be the best they have as far as candidates somebody tell me how they think any of those candidates have a chance.

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He’s Hillary minus the smugness. That isnt exactly a good thing.

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The Republicans were down so bad they let a ped0phile reality tv star take over. If you weren't a political cheerleader you might have a leg to stand on.


You'll know Newsom is a real threat when trump starts lashing out... you probably won't figure it out till it's too late though. Your old white boomer politics gonna die with trump.

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We on top, laughing at you clowns

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Of course alot of estrogen filled TDS riddled liberal f@ggot babble there.

Let's try again
tell me how any of those candidates have a chance.
I'll know when Trump lashes out at newsom? Lol
so if Trump "lashes out" that means newsom is a threat. But will that amount to him winning though. Trump talks sh1t all the time about Newsom and vice versa and other Democrats don't mean sh1t.
Ok Tammy I'll be on the look out for that.

You can talk whatever about Trump to deflect from how dog sh1t Newsom is but anybody with common sense and knows his political history can look and see he's nothing but your typical crooked slick talker politician nothing more.
They are gonna expose the hell out of him and his stats come campaign time it's clear he's not even popular like that in Cali look at how many districts flipped and how Republicans have gained ground over there the past few years.

Only thing Democrats can only hope for is a huge failure in the next couple years under Trump that makes people leave the party not vote or go left
that's all you got cause it's damn sure not going to be the candidates. not those listed.
Cmon son AOC lollllll are you fu#king kidding me how is she even considered as a top candidate she won't even get half of what Kamala got only thing she has is Bernie fans that she is piggybacking off of that will get some votes but other than that gtfoh.

that's what I'm saying dem party is not looking too strong nowadays they have no strong candidates.
Your too mentally fu#ked in your Trump obsessed head to see it though.

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I think the fact that Newsome made an effort to move away from the more radical policies and become more moderate after Trump's victory will help him out. But come election time, I think the GOP will eat him up on his sanctuary city/ immigration policies as California governor. Newsome and his state Democrats also vetoing reparations for African-Americans will also hurt him with the black grassroots and ultimately the black vote, as mentioned earlier in here. The positive news is that he's a far more viable candidate as President than an AOC.

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Hey ped0phile ... why are you ducking all the sudden after all that sh1t you talked before? You talk so much sh1t but after I put you on blast, I haven't heard a peep from you

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Pelosi’s family

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Newsom is the literal dem version of Trump.

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Hahahahahahahaha you blue haired soy boy f@ggotS were just as hype about Kamala

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I think if Newsom can keep this distorted world , funny , bizarre strategy , yet continue to exhibit fight and leadership ... he's got a shot.

People don't really care about substance as much as they care about style.

in 3 years when the U.S is running on its last leg, people broke as F*ck, Sick with no medical help, and a new pandemic because the watch dogs in place were fired

Newsom could be in their... Plus hes a tall straight white guy.

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