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Sympthsical

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24. It wouldn't be impossible for Steyer to come back

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 08:59 PM

17 hrs ago

But, eh, I'm not sure how likely it is. He'd have to outperform Hilton in the remaining vote by about 11% to overtake him (I did some napkin math with the remaining 4 million votes).

So, again, not impossible. But there would have to be a giant chunk of overwhelmingly Democratic votes who also waited and voted for Steyer in the end. And while I and many others I know did exactly that, what we political junkies do and what your run of the mill voter do are frequently unaligned.

The average voter is really rather tedious and predictable.

But we'll see.

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This isn't good. FORMER Fox News host Steve Hilton is now in the lead..... [View all] a kennedy 19 hrs ago OP

Why isn't it good? Math is as expected and favors Dem nominee in Nov. blm 19 hrs ago #1

Just wish it would have been someone else...... a kennedy 19 hrs ago #6

Truly UpInArms 19 hrs ago #8

Right. The only way this works for the Guardians of Pedophiles Bluetus 16 hrs ago #40

Exactly. It looks like the perfect scenario for Dems Bluetus 17 hrs ago #31

"We can do to California what Trump did to the White House!" struggle4progress 19 hrs ago #2

Seriously?? leftieNanner 19 hrs ago #3

Hope so.....and yah, there were at least 60. a kennedy 19 hrs ago #9

And the majority of them were Bettie 17 hrs ago #16

It says something about Newsom's viability. Frasier Balzov 19 hrs ago #4

Please explain. mr715 17 hrs ago #18

Why is a Republican leading in an at-large primary? Frasier Balzov 17 hrs ago #25

It is a jungle primary, and the democratic vote is split 8 ways mr715 17 hrs ago #27

That's quite an inferential leap. Nt spooky3 17 hrs ago #28

that's not how math works Renew Deal 17 hrs ago #29

No, republican is leading because democrats split the vote. LisaL 17 hrs ago #32

You know how popular my governor is? Lifeafter70 16 hrs ago #38

But reelected with a smaller margin than his first win. Frasier Balzov 16 hrs ago #39

Newsom's biggest weakness as a presidential candidate is simply being from California fujiyamasan 16 hrs ago #42

This is good news. senseandsensibility 19 hrs ago #5

So hope you're right. a kennedy 19 hrs ago #10

Only 55% of the votes have been counted. Later votes will skew Democratic. chia 19 hrs ago #7

Not to mention Porter, Mahan and other Democats karynnj 19 hrs ago #11

It wouldn't be impossible for Steyer to come back Sympthsical 17 hrs ago #24

I won't start paying attention until Friday. haele 18 hrs ago #12

FWIW, myself and a good chunk of people I know NoveltySocks 17 hrs ago #13

Yes.....don't want him to even think he'd have a chance. a kennedy 17 hrs ago #33

California is generally a 60/40 Dem/Rep state Sympthsical 17 hrs ago #14

*fingers crossed* a kennedy 17 hrs ago #19

Yes, we saw this in 2024 fujiyamasan 16 hrs ago #41

Seriously? LisaL 17 hrs ago #15

Yup, you're right, silly me, reading clickbait headlines eh?? a kennedy 17 hrs ago #22

Hilton being in the lead is meaningless LetMyPeopleVote 17 hrs ago #17

Damn right..... a kennedy 17 hrs ago #20

Exactly. LisaL 17 hrs ago #21

*thumbs up* a kennedy 17 hrs ago #23

I aee it a little differently MerryBlooms 17 hrs ago #26

Said numerous times, but I will say it again FHRRK1 17 hrs ago #30

For the first time in a long time I did not mail in my ballot but walked it to the voting center to be counted later kimbutgar 17 hrs ago #34

It is completely unconcerning. The 6 main Dems got 56%, the 2 main Repugs got 39%. RockRaven 17 hrs ago #35

Exactly. LisaL 17 hrs ago #36

Ignore the bullshit MSM. Our jungle primary distorts reality. There were over lostincalifornia 16 hrs ago #37

Irrelevant... regnaD kciN 15 hrs ago #43