The Recall Governor Newsom (recallgavin2020.com) movement has a number of opponents other than Newsom if there is to be a recall election this fall 2021. And everything affects everything.
Some recall advocates already are convinced by mainstream media that Newsom will defeat the recall effort. Will Newsom haters neglect a special election because they have lost hope? In the 2003 Gray Davis recall the most conservative candidate Tom McClintock was shunned by many Republican voters because the media convinced them that “he could not win.” So, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger prevailed and the state has never been the same. Since 2009, McClintock has been a United States Congressman.
In 2003, “Republican” Arnold Schwarzenegger won the recall election with 49% of the vote. Democratic Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante finished second with 31%. McClintock was third at 14%. Together, Republicans Schwarzenegger and McClintock were supported by 5,363,778 Californians, or 62.1% of the vote. Other candidates, 132 of them, obtained the remaining 6.4% of ballots.
In a recall election, if a majority votes to recall the governor, then on the same ballot whoever among the potential replacements attracts the most support becomes the new governor.
The other hurdle to a successful recall election is the Dominion Voting Systems used to steal the 2020 presidential election. Dominion counts California votes. Will conservative voters stay home since elections are now Third World “the fix is in?”
Furthermore, even with more than 2.1 million recall signatures submitted and needing less than 1.5 million verified, it is not unimaginable that the Secretary of State and the 58 County Election Clerks will find ways to not certify enough good signatures and get away with it.
Election authorities have until April 29th to verify signatures. If the recall is confirmed, then signors have 30 days to withdraw their signatures. The Secretary of State (SOS) then has 10 days to determine if there are still enough valid signatures for the recall. Then, the budget committee has another 30 days to count the costs and provide an estimate for the recall election.
Next, the SOS would certify the petitions and the lieutenant governor schedules a special recall election within 60-80 days.
Newsom responded to the recall campaign’s successes on March 15, 2021 with his own counter-campaign mantra “Stop the Republican Recall.” The same day the state Democrat Party said it will initially contribute $250,000 to Newsom. This is chump change and the Recall Newsom effort will likely be out-spent 20 to 1 for liberals nationally to retain the governor of the most populated state in the country.
Newsom talked about the recall at a news conference saying, “You look at the original sponsors of it. You have someone who is a member, proud member of the Three Percenters, an alt-right militia group; others that are devout conspiracy theorists that believe in Q-Anon.”
Recall leaders disagree. Randy Economy, senior advisor for Recall Gavin 2020, says “We’re Californians. Thirty-eight percent of the people who’ve signed our petition are Democrats, ‘Decline to States,’ third party, Green members, Libertarians, reformed party – this is a California movement.”
Californians are primarily Democrats at 46%. About 25% are registered Republicans but most aren’t true conservatives. It remains to be seen regardless of registration how angry the various voting groups really are with the governor. One thing for sure, just like McClintock in 2003, no one wins without votes.
The Recall Gavin 2020 campaign says it does not plan to endorse any candidate.
(See more of Lou’s articles and podcasts at nohostagesradio.com)
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