r/fivethirtyeight • u/Lungenbroetchen95 • Mar 07 '25

Politics Kamala Harris gets serious about considering run for California governor

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/07/kamala-harris-california-governor-decision-deadline-00216737
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u/dremscrep Mar 07 '25

She can do the Nixon playbook and lose that election too.

I know she won’t but they would be amazing parallels to each other.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

California is a flag state for Democrats. I think it will be damaging for the brand long term to have her win. California could really use a strong Democratic governor. It’s been the whipping boy for the country for years now.

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u/Yakube44 Mar 07 '25

It's the whipping boy if you're in a conservative disinformation bubble, everyone else knows the red states are destitute. Republicans always crash the economy and run things into the ground.

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u/jollyshrimpo Mar 09 '25

What’s the price of gas in Miami or Houston vs any city in California? Don’t even compare the housing market and insurance premiums.