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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    Well then, maybe they could fix the housing costs, or the food costs, or the education costs, or health-care costs. Or increase wages. You know the other things that voters care about that you keep ignoring.

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      Cost is not the same thing as inflation. When inflation is low, costs are stable.

      Costs of consumer goods, which voters are most concerned about, were stable when Biden left office.