Statewide Election Special: The 2021 California Gubernatorial Recall - Part 1

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🗓️ 15 September 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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The petition to recall Governor Gavin Newsom began in February of last year. Now, more than a year and a half later, California voters decided against the effort. On the day after the final ballots were cast, we analyze the election results and discuss what they tell us about the future of Gavin Newsom, the state’s Republican party, California’s pandemic response and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	From KQED. I'm Alexis Madrigal.
0:44.0	Welcome to Forum, both to our regular Bay Area listeners and those joining us for this special statewide coverage dedicated to the recall election.
0:51.6	You've probably heard by now that the effort to recall Governor Gavin Newsom
0:54.8	has failed. This is what most people expected from the beginning, but some dicey polling over the
1:00.0	summer seemed to show that Newsom was in trouble. That's when the Democratic machine kicked into gear
1:05.0	and he cruised to victory. But Newsom said voters didn't just say no to the recall.
1:09.8	We said yes to science. We said yes the recall. We said yes to science.
1:11.4	We said yes to vaccines.
1:13.6	We said yes to ending this pandemic.
1:16.6	Today we'll be analyzing what happened at the polls and what it means for the rest of Newsom's term and California politics and policy.
1:23.3	That's all coming up after this news.
1:33.3	I'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:36.1	Welcome to Forum's special statewide coverage of the recall.
1:41.5	Well, after a few nervous weeks for Democrats and the governor's team over the summer,
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