{"id":199914,"date":"2026-03-12T10:25:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=199914"},"modified":"2026-03-12T10:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:25:27","slug":"emerson-college-poll-shows-eric-swalwell-leading-governors-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=199914","title":{"rendered":"Emerson College Poll Shows Eric Swalwell Leading Governor&#8217;s Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Los Angeles, CA&#8230;A new polling memo from Emerson College Polling\/Inside California Politics finds <\/span>Congressman Swalwell is the frontrunner heading into the June 2 primary<span style=\"font-size: large;\">. Swalwell\u2019s message of driving down costs for working people and fighting Donald Trump continues to resonate with likely voters and increase his support.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/N4nbQTPe_400x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-199915\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/N4nbQTPe_400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/N4nbQTPe_400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/N4nbQTPe_400x400-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/N4nbQTPe_400x400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/N4nbQTPe_400x400-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Swalwell leads the entire field of gubernatorial candidates<span style=\"font-size: large;\">:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Eric Swalwell: 17%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Steve Hilton: 13%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Chad Bianco: 11%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Tom Steyer: 11%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Katie Porter: 8%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Xavier Becerra: 3%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Antonio Villaraigosa: 3%<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">Source: Emerson College Polling, March 7-9, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Swalwell\u2019s support has increased since Emerson College\u2019s February poll<span style=\"font-size: large;\">. Among registered Democratic voters, Swalwell\u2019s support has increased from 23% to 27% since February.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Among voters who say the next governor should stand up to Trump, 25% support Swalwell<span style=\"font-size: large;\">, ten points higher than the next candidate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u201cWith less than 55 days until voters begin casting ballots, Congressman Swalwell is in the best position to make the Top Two in the June 2 primary,\u201d\u00a0<\/span>said Micah Beasley, a campaign spokesperson<span style=\"font-size: large;\">. \u201cSwalwell\u2019s message of tackling the cost-of-living crisis, while fighting President Trump\u2019s overreach continues to grow his support and bring voters into his corner.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The poll memo can be viewed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__emersoncollegepolling.com_california-2D2026-2Dpoll-2Dswalwell-2Dtakes-2Dlead-2Din-2Dgovernor-2Dprimary-2D25-2Dundecided-2Delection-2Dfor-2Dla-2Dmayor-2Dwide-2Dopen_&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;r=tdClj2KVpSw5Rl8WpuGjpMypIHPCBQstpimCKyN4jVk&amp;m=lMPq3I69h_9zAuN8ZIv_7zcczbwfUedY3ctLZHVtpQcLXTUmh7spkJjNIsOFlkv6&amp;s=mrdLtT7b0hLbhRbhT-MJkjFZS26gtq-srobOzKJl_GQ&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u%3Dhttps-3A__emersoncollegepolling.com_california-2D2026-2Dpoll-2Dswalwell-2Dtakes-2Dlead-2Din-2Dgovernor-2Dprimary-2D25-2Dundecided-2Delection-2Dfor-2Dla-2Dmayor-2Dwide-2Dopen_%26d%3DDwMFaQ%26c%3DeuGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM%26r%3DtdClj2KVpSw5Rl8WpuGjpMypIHPCBQstpimCKyN4jVk%26m%3DlMPq3I69h_9zAuN8ZIv_7zcczbwfUedY3ctLZHVtpQcLXTUmh7spkJjNIsOFlkv6%26s%3DmrdLtT7b0hLbhRbhT-MJkjFZS26gtq-srobOzKJl_GQ%26e%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1773419648329000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3a9U3-smKqAV4sE2mNft5i\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Emerson College Polling surveyed:<span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a01,000 likely June 2026 Primary voters in California. Interviews were collected via text-to-web and email-to-web methodologies from March 7\u20139, 2026. The survey was offered in English and has an overall margin of error of \u00b13.0.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n###<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles, CA&#8230;A new polling memo from Emerson College Polling\/Inside California Politics finds Congressman Swalwell is the frontrunner heading into the June 2 primary. Swalwell\u2019s message of driving down costs for working people and fighting Donald Trump continues to resonate with likely voters and increase his support. Swalwell leads the entire field of gubernatorial candidates: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":199915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/N4nbQTPe_400x400.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=199914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199916,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199914\/revisions\/199916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/199915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=199914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=199914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=199914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}