Exclusive | Californians reveal their pick for Dem president and its not Gavin Newsom

California voters have revealed their top picks for the 2028 Democratic presidential primary — and Gov.Gavin Newsom didn’t even crack the top two, according to a new poll commissioned by the California Post.Golden State voters were asked who they’d vote for in a Democratic presidential primary if the election were held today, and the results showed a Dem from the opposite coast as the most popular pick.

Newsom, who earned tepid approval ratings in the poll, ranked third.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the most popular choice in the poll, with 18% of respondents saying they’d choose her in a primary held today.She was closely followed by former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at 17%.The California governor won just 14% of the vote share, while former Vice President Kamala Harris — who was a California senator and attorney general before that — ranked fifth at 7%.

Arizona Sen.Mark Kelly was favored by 10% of respondents.The statewide poll by McLaughlin & Associates surveyed 800 voters across California from Oct.

17 to 20 with a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.Of those, 419 respondents weighed in on the Democratic primary question.“Both Newsom and Harris have not locked up the what would you call the progressive or the very liberal vote, and and and they’ve got competition for it — stiff competition from AOC and from Buttigieg for that,” McLaughlin said in an interview.

“Also, you need a demographic base because the majority of Democrat primary voters are minority voters, whether they be Hispanic or African American or Asian or women,” he added. The lefty Bronx congresswoman dominated among voters who identified as “liberal” or “very liberal,” winning 25...