Sen. Nancy Skinner, Gov. Gavin Newsom, First Partner. (Photo: gov.ca.gov)
Newsom Continues Freefall in 2028 Presidential Candidate Polls
Latest polls give Newsom only 5% support
By Evan Symon, May 13, 2025 2:47 am
Governor Gavin Newsom continued to fall in nationwide 2020 Presidential candidate polling this week, with the most recent Echelon poll giving him only 5% of the vote.
Originally the favorite candidate for the 2028 Presidential Election, Newson has dramatically fallen in polls in the ensuing months. Issues over Newsom’s response to the January wildfires in L.A., making Democrats angry over the reversal of positions like transgender athletes, federal reversals of pet state projects, and many more have cratered support since the beginning of the year. In January he was second only to Harris. Now he sits at a distant fifth with only 5% support.
Currently, the former Vice President sits at 28% support, 13 points ahead of the next closest candidate, former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. Without Harris in the race, Newsom jumps up to third in polling, but only climbs up to 10 percent, well behind Buttigieg and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ).
And the latest Echelon poll, which was released on Monday isn’t rosy for him either. Harris leads with 32%, followed by Buttigieg with 10%, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) with 8% and Booker with 6%. Newsom is tied for fifth with 5%, along with Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) and Governor JB Pritzker (D-IL) . By contrast, for the GOP side of the poll, Vice President JD Vance sits at 44%, with former South Carolina Governor garnering 8% and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis leveling at 7%.
While polling this early is by no means an indicator who the candidate will be, they do give a good baseline on how Americans, and especially people within their respective parties feel about them. Harris is high right now coming off the 2024 election and constant media attention over speculation that she might run for Governor in 2026. Buttigieg has the same air of mystery around his political future after declining to not run for the Senate in Michigan. Booker has been very outspoken against Trump policies, and thus has seen his star rise amongst Dems since Trump was inaugurated. AOC has been AOC. Newsom though has seemingly done everything possible to sabotage himself this early on, and thus giving other candidates more ammunition against him should he bounce back up.
This is by no means the end for Newsom. He has plenty of time to get back up. If Harris opts to be Governor instead and a few other candidates fall into a tailspin, Newsom could be right back up there. What happens in the 2026 mid-terms could also influence what Newsom does, or what happens to the other candidates.
But right now, viewing it all at a metric standpoint, Newsom needs to shake things up fast if he wants to get the Democratic slot in 2028. He is rapidly running out of things to tout in California. His electric car policies are swiftly fading, homelessness he is currently taking more drastic measures on, and that’s not even counting all things from his past that would come up in a debate. All candidates would have to likely defend what they did during the COVID pandemic, and as soon as someone mentions the French Laundry incident, Newsom will have to be on the defensive.
There are numerous reasons why Newsom is down right now. And even though primaries are two and a half years away, polling shows that he needs to start doing all he can now. It kind of explains that new homeless ordinance.
Polling doesn’t make much of a difference to Democrats. Instead they pick the candidate, ignore the primaries, and force everyone else out. In 2015, Biden was rejected for Hillary and Bernie was cast aside. Then all the other candidates in 2020 were forced out for Biden. When candidates in 2023 opposed Biden they were forced out of the party, like RFK, Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard.
This cycle, it looks like they’ll do it again. Watch two other Democrat governors without Newsom’s baggage- Andy Beshear and Wes Moore.
I’m conflicted as to whether Gavin Newsom is a pathological liar, a mentally disturbed narcissist or a brainwashed plant of the WEF and CCP.
D) ALL OF THE ABOVE
I agree will all of above
It is all of the above and add corrupt to it, too.
he’s all of those if you want tents on your streets, parking lots, and in your parks vote for this guy. everytime i think about him i see the fiddler playing his music while hundreds of homes burn to the foundations. he’s unfit to hold any office in any government. why do we never see his wife?
Meet New Gavin, same as the old Gavin. His “new” proposal for cities to clear homeless encampments is the same as his old policy: focusing on a “housing first” approach, stating that law enforcement must offer housing and 72 hours notice before removing them from a sidewalk, and continuing to say that sleeping on a public sidewalk is not a crime. Prop 36 combined with the Grant’s Pass Supreme Court case are the exact opposite of this stance – pushing drug treatment court or jail first, not housing! the homeless are not house less, they are too mentally ill or drug addicted or both to live on their own or in a home with family! We are tired of being micromanaged to the point of regulating separating greenhouse gas potential items out of our trash and into smelly compost bins – laws which include special carveouts for homeless people whose belongings clog storm trains, pollute water sources, and make public parks unsanitary for kids!
Newsom needs to be hauled before a tribunal and be held accountable for his many crimes against humanity. He and his wretched soul have a lot to account for.
What has Gov. Failure accomplished? Every metric shows he is a complete failure as a Governor. He’s the worst Governor California has ever had. The rest of the country can see that.
Hey, look! It’s Nancy “E.T.” Skinner and Newsom’s Weinstein-trollop “First Partner” !!!
Where’s your tough-guy “California Bear” bomber jacket, Governor???
Interesting watching Newsom slither out of his ‘old skin’ in hopes that Californians and the rest of the nation will quickly forget that a snake shedding its skin is still a snake.
If this ‘Stepford-wife’ of politics truly has a come to Jesus moment, he has many, many, many Newesomisms to repeal, repent and rant about . . . So many sins, so little time.
Wait until the voters find out that Gavin Newsom is a WEF “Young Global Leader” (2008, Davos). His buddy Justin Trudeau was also in the Class of 2008. So voting for Newsom is also a vote for Globalism, Transhumanism and the The Great Reset. Source: http://www.maloneinstitute.org
Newsom is a terrible administrator and an even worse human. He is the clinical definition of a narcissist and pathological liar.