Our new book is titled Divided We Stand: The 2020 Elections and American Politics. Among other things, it discusses state elections. The biggest off-off-year election is the CA recall.
If the #RecallGavinNewsom election took place today, @GavinNewsom would win. BUT he cannot rest easy. Drought could lead to wildfires, which could lead to blackouts, which could lead to riots.
— Jack Pitney (@jpitney) May 24, 2021
- CNN: Northern California wildfire triples in size, forcing thousands to evacuate
- WSJ: Wildfire Season: PG&E Blacks Out Some Customers to Reduce California Risks
- ABC30: Air Quality Alert issued for Central CA due to wildfire smoke
- CalMatters: Newsom: Statewide water restrictions possible
- SacBee: COVID cases hit all-time highs in rural California hospitals as delta variant rages
- LAT: Newsom’s other COVID-19 recall vulnerability: California’s broken unemployment system
- Santa Monica Daily Press: California spending billions to house homeless in hotels