A new Public Policy Institute of California poll finds Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) enjoys majority approval of his job performance — 54% of all likely voters — with a more robust 64% supporting his handling of the pandemic.
The poll showed that if the recall election were held today, 57% of likely voters would vote no on recalling Newsom, while 40% would vote yes and only 3% said they didn’t know.
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.