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Californians Like Having The Right To Recall Elected Officials (Even Though Our Most Recent Recall Failed)
A new survey conducted by Claremont McKenna College found that Californians (and New Yorkers) support the right to recall.
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A majority of Californians and New Yorkers support the right to recall elected officials, according to a new study out of Claremont McKenna College.
That's even though New York doesn't have a recall process, and the majority of Californian voters were against recalling Governor Gavin Newsom.
Claremont McKenna assistant professor of government Andrew Sinclair told KPCC's Airtalk that party preference plays a big role in who embraces recall elections.
"So Republicans like it a lot… and Democrats kind of like it… but by fairly narrow majorities in both states. And that's probably a function of who they expect to get recalled. Since these are solidly Democratic states, the expectation is this could be a tool that would be wielded against Democratic elected officials," Sinclair says.
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The study also found that regardless of political leaning, supporters of the recall process tend to be populists, looking for people-driven change — think Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump fans — rather than more moderate or centrist voters.
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