California governor’s recall referendum campaign ignites

California, the most populous state in the United States, is on the verge of deciding whether it wants its Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, to stay in power.. And it is that a year ago, thousands of people were overwhelmed by the way Newsom was leading the response to the pandemic and gathered thousands of signatures which allowed them to organize a referendum reminder.

Newsom has taken some of the country’s toughest action around the pandemic. The the stores were closed in California for much longer than in other states, generating a major economic crisis, and the schools have remained without face-to-face lessons until 2021, while in other states, children have been attending school since September of last year.

But it is also true that California has one of the highest vaccination rates in the country, and that even in the midst of the fourth wave of COVID-19, the number of new infections and hospitalizations in the state is significantly lower than in other areas such as Florida and Texas.

All of these arguments work for and against Newsom in the last week of the campaign before the referendum.. The governor travels the state from afar, highlighting what he thinks is positive in his work.

It is precisely the issue of COVID management that sets Newsom apart from most Republican candidates that are on the ballot next Tuesday. Whoever has the most chances of winning, according to the polls, is the conservative radio host Larry Elder, who promises to remove the rules for the compulsory use of the mask for public employees and school students, as well as to cancel the demand for vaccination tests.

His model is Florida, Texas and Mississippi. We have one of the lowest positivity rates in the country. They have the highest ”, we heard it said several times during the campaign.

Like heavy artillery for the governor, Next Monday, President Joe Biden is expected to visit California to support him. And Vice President Kamala Harris is in her native California today attending various events in the San Francisco area on behalf of Newsom.

Democrats also use the abortion argument to support Newsom. Faced with the new law which limits almost all cases of abortion in Texas, the problem has been revived in the country and in California it has become a campaign problem.

“Imagine the judges a Republican governor would lead. Imagine how you would use the veto to curtail women’s rights and reproductive healthNewsom rehearsed several times during his tour of the state.

But republicans have their guns too. Across the country, capital poured in favor of Republican candidates, and a good chunk of California businesses decided to donate in favor of the opposition, seeing Newsom as a governor hampering economic development.

Voters will have to answer two questions in the referendum. The first is whether they think Newsom should be removed from office. If more than 50% of voters believe yes, Then, the second question, which proposes a list of candidate candidates for the post of governor, takes all its value. In the event that he gets the option of removing Newsom from his post, whoever gets a more Easy in the second question, it will be the next governor of California.

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