In less than two weeks, by law, a ballot must be in the mail and on its way to every registered voter in California. Some counties mail ballots before the May 4 deadline. This means that within days, voters in California will begin returning completed ballots, locking in their choice for who will be the next governor.
Meanwhile, in the state’s so-called “Jungle Primary,” where all voters, regardless of their party affiliation, select their choice from a single list of candidates, the race for the top two spots remains completely up for grabs. Eric Swalwell may be gone, but plenty of other Democrat candidates are still in the race. The latest poll on April 19 showed Tom Steyer at 16 percent, with Xavier Becerra and Katie Porter both at 10 percent, Matt Mahan at 4 percent, and Betty Yee at 2 percent. Kevin Wen, CEO of the polling organization Kreate Strategies, accurately summed up the result of frontrunner Swalwell’s dropping out, saying, “The field reflects redistribution without consolidation.” Fully 23 percent of California’s voters remain undecided.
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