The governor has stated repeatedly that he’s not contemplating working for president, regardless of the hypothesis about his political future.
He additionally agreed with journalist Mark Halperin’s assertion in a latest interview that he’s extra undecided than individuals consider.
The governor has turn into a goal of conservative criticism over his liberal insurance policies, equivalent to providing undocumented immigrants state-sponsored healthcare that, in keeping with the ballot, acquired a blended response from voters.
The governor’s approval ranking this time was 15 factors decrease than former Gov. Jerry Brown’s in a 2017 Berkeley IGS ballot carried out at the same level in his second time period, DiCamillo stated.
Partisanship got here into play as soon as once more in a query about how voters really feel federal coverage modifications by the Trump administration will have an effect on California, with Democrats extra strongly predicting worse outcomes than Republicans.
Almost two-thirds of voters predicted detrimental results of Trump’s proposed tariffs on California enterprise and agriculture and greater than half stated the identical concerning the destiny of the state’s Medi-Cal insurance coverage program, efforts to cut back greenhouse gasoline emissions, the undocumented immigrant inhabitants, Ok-12 public faculties and the general public increased training system.
The ballot discovered extensive assist for offering Medi-Cal protection to youngsters youthful than 18. For providing healthcare to adults ages 50 and older, 53% permitted and 40% opposed. Fewer supported look after adults ages 18 to 49, with 49% approving and 43% opposing.
Among the many extra conventional routes to chop Medi-Cal is by lowering eligibility or charges, establishing enrollment caps, or including co-pays, although there are different choices. The governor has not stated that he intends to rescind care from total age teams.
