California

Auggie

(33,210 posts) Tue Apr 14, 2026, 11:18 AM 23 hrs ago

Vote for Governor (California Residents only, please):

Poll closes in one month from today, May 14th.

22 votes, 0 passes \| Time left: 29 days, 39 minutes
	Xavier Becerra, former California Attorney General
	11 (50%)
	Matt Mahan, mayor of San Jose
	0 (0%)
	Katie Porter, former U.S. representative (Orange County)
	5 (23%)
	Tom Steyer, billionaire entrepreneur
	6 (27%)
	Tony Thurmond, state superintendent of public instruction
	0 (0%)
	Antonio Villaraigosa, former mayor of Los Angeles & Assembly Speaker
	0 (0%)
	Betty Yee, former state Controller
	0 (0%)
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Vote for Governor (California Residents only, please): (Original Post) Auggie 23 hrs ago OP

My choice, Porter, may change come closer to the election ... Auggie 23 hrs ago #1

KAMALA! Race would be over if she gets in LSparkle 22 hrs ago #2

WWWWWWAAAAAYYYY to late. Ballots already printed, IIRC. usonian 21 hrs ago #4

the jungle primary crud 22 hrs ago #3

Sorry Steyer owns companies that are building these detention centers. kimbutgar 21 hrs ago #5

not only that, but he is an old billionaire Nigrum Cattus 20 hrs ago #7

1-Becerra; 2-Yee. LoisB 20 hrs ago #6

Auggie

(33,210 posts)

1. My choice, Porter, may change come closer to the election ...

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 11:25 AM

23 hrs ago

depends who's leading in polls. As I've mentioned in other threads, my vote goes to the candidate who can ensure we place at least one Democrat among the final two in the finals.

Okay, that might not be Porter. And I'd be okay with that.

I think she'd be great for California.

LSparkle

(12,213 posts)

2. KAMALA! Race would be over if she gets in

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 11:44 AM

22 hrs ago

Sets up a fed/state cage rematch with Dr. No Brains.

usonian

(25,759 posts)

4. WWWWWWAAAAAYYYY to late. Ballots already printed, IIRC.

Reply to LSparkle (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 12:40 PM

21 hrs ago

Please do not write her name in.
99.9% chance that would mess things up worse.
At this time.

crud

(1,272 posts)

3. the jungle primary

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 11:47 AM

22 hrs ago

is messed up. It would be nice to vote for the best candidate, but instead we have to see who emerges as the front runner and back them. Strategic voting....
With the jungle we could end up with a choice between two trumpers in the general...how messed up is that?!

Ranked choice voting is the answer. If we had ranked choice we could vote our hearts desire and still would end up with 2 dems at the top. Which would be more representative of our 2 to 1 registration advantage for dems.

PSA for RCV.