(Due to GOP votersвЂ™ preference to vote in person, this early lead could be short-lived.)

Celebrity get-out-the-vote campaigns could help combat this, even as early mail-in-ballot results have been encouraging for Newsom: Registered Democrats have mailed in more than twice as many ballots as registered Republicans. (More than 50 percent of the vote is needed to recall the governor.)Д¬ompounding matters for Newsom are a fired-up GOP base and potential apathy among Democrats, which have been major concerns for the governorвЂ™s team. RealClearPoliticsвЂ™ polling average shows the percentage of voters who support recalling Newsom outpace those who oppose by a 48 percent to 47.5 percent margin as of Aug. But Newsom is going to need more than celebrity tweets to get him out of this jam. вЂњThe governor is a celebrity in his own right, but the connective tissue between this administration and the entertainment industry couldnвЂ™t be greater, and we are going to need their help.вЂќД¬alifornia voters will be asked to vote вЂњYesвЂќ or вЂњNoвЂќ on NewsomвЂ™s removal and then pick his replacement from a field of 46 candidates. вЂњItвЂ™s all about reaching the lower-propensity voters, and that group is largely made up of younger people,вЂќ says political consultant Nathan Ballard, who has been an adviser to Newsom. Comedian George Lopez, a friend of the governorвЂ™s, has also been actively tweeting in opposition to the recall. Vote No and return your ballot by 9/14,вЂќ tweeted singer John Legend, who on Aug. Snoop, according to a source, has agreed and is waiting for the right moment - but others arenвЂ™t holding their fire. One example: Newsom aides have reached out to several prominent celebrities including Snoop Dogg, urging the rapper to tweet to his 19.2 million followers his disapproval of Republican radio talk show host Larry Elder, who has emerged as a leading candidate to replace Newsom in the event that the governor is recalled. Two of Gavin Newsom's Children Test Positive for COVID-19 (Report) Now, heвЂ™s hoping that the local networking will pay off. and delivered his annual State of the State address at Dodger Stadium in March). Since he was elected governor in 2018, Newsom - a San Francisco native - has made concerted efforts to spend more time in Southern California and make inroads with the powerful political constituencies in and around Los Angeles that obviously include the entertainment industry (itвЂ™s no coincidence that he held his 2018 election night party in downtown L.A. 14 recall election, the embattled governor is pulling out all the stops, leaning on supporters in the entertainment industry to help raise money and rally followers to reject the recall effort. With ballots already mailed to voters in California deciding whether to oust Gov.

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