As the state draws national attention in part because of Proposition 50 and redistricting , Californians also weigh in on what they think the state more generally can — and can't — show the nation, and on the potential prospects of some of its leading political figures.

A large number of Californians in his own Democratic Party say Gov. Gavin Newsom should run for president in 2028, but among California's voters overall, that view is more split.

(Nationally, of course, any entrant on the Democratic side would first need to appeal to the party's rank-and-file in the primaries across many states. The perspective of home-state voters on an elected official, either in opinions or in state race results, is often taken as a view from the voters who've presumably gotten to know thei

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