加州州长对即将举行的召回投票感到“担忧”

California governor 'worried' over looming recall vote

California Governor Gavin Newsom is "worried" about a bid to recall him, an effort which has tapped into anger over his handling of the pandemic and appears on the cusp of triggering a rare special election, he said Tuesday.

Among 20 states that let voters force a leadership poll if they gather enough signatures, California last saw a recall election in 2003 -- which ultimately brought bodybuilder-turned-Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger into office.

That was one of only three recall bids in US history to successfully force an actual vote, but Newsom said he expects campaigners to reach the threshold of just under 1.5 million signatures by Wednesday to do so again.

"Of course I'm worried about it... we're taking it seriously," Newsom told ABC's "The View," adding that the campaign "appears to have the requisite signatures."

Initially praised for his handling of the pandemic, Newsom has been increasingly blamed for lengthy business closures, a brutal winter Covid-19 spike, and -- more recently -- a slow and complicated vaccine rollout.

But Newsom, a Democrat, insisted the recall effort was driven by far-right supporters of QAnon conspiracy theories, and that it was "less about me, it's more about California and our values, Democratic Party values."

"I have to do my job every single day, but I'm gonna fight this thing because I'm gonna fight for California values and the things I hold dear," he said.

The recall bid has received support and funding from prominent Republicans and conservatives. 

If the vote goes ahead, it would likely take place between August and November this year. Newsom is already up for re-election in November 2022.

Voters would be asked two questions -- whether they want to remove him, and which candidate should replace him if he goes.

Former "Terminator" actor Schwarzenegger, a Republican, tapped into discontent against then-Governor Gray Davis, a Democrat, to become leader of the nation's most populous state in 2003.

But many experts are skeptical that Newsom would be removed in the deeply Democratic state, at a time of intense political polarization.

"It just takes one quarter of people that supported Donald Trump to put a... recall on the ballot," noted Newsom.

Former President Trump received more than six million votes in California last November -- more than he managed in any other US state.

But President Joe Biden topped 11 million votes in the massive state of some 40 million, where mainly liberal urban cities vastly outnumber large, more conservative rural regions in terms of the electorate.

加州州长对即将举行的召回投票感到“担忧”

加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽瑟姆（Gavin Newsom）对召回他的举动感到“担忧”，这项努力激起了他对这种大流行病的处理之怒，并在引发罕见的特别选举的风口浪尖上，他说。

在20个让选民如果征得足够多的签名的情况下可以强制进行领导投票的州中，加利福尼亚州上一次在2003年举行了罢免选举，最终使健美运动员转变为好莱坞明星阿诺德·施瓦辛格（Arnold Schwarzenegger）上任。

那是美国历史上成功成功进行实际投票的三个召回竞标之一，但纽瑟姆表示，他希望竞选者到周三能达到不足150万签名的门槛。

纽瑟姆在接受美国广播公司的《观点》采访时说：“当然，我担心这件事……我们会认真对待。”他补充说，该竞选活动“似乎具有必要的签名”。

最初因对这种流行病的处理而受到赞扬，纽索姆因长期停业，残酷的Covid-19冬季大流行，以及最近又缓慢而复杂的疫苗推出而受到越来越多的指责。

但是，民主党的纽瑟姆坚称，召回努力是由QAnon阴谋理论的极右翼支持者推动的，并且说“它对我的意义不大，对加利福尼亚以及我们的价值观，民主党的价值观更多。”

他说：“我必须每天做自己的工作，但我要为此奋斗，因为我要为加利福尼亚的价值观和我所珍视的事情而奋斗。”

这次召回要约得到了著名共和党人和保守派的支持和资助。 

如果投票继续进行，投票很可能会在今年的八月到十一月之间进行。纽森已经启动连任十一月2022

将向选民提出两个问题-他们是否要删除他，以及如果他去了应该由哪个候选人代替他。

共和党前“终结者”演员施瓦辛格（Schwarzenegger）对当时的民主党州长格雷·戴维斯（Gray Davis）不满，他在2003年成为美国人口最多的州的领导人。

但是许多专家对此表示怀疑，因为在激烈的政治两极分化之际，纽瑟姆将在民主程度很高的国家被免职。

纽瑟姆指出：“支持唐纳德·特朗普的人只需要四分之一就可以投票罢免。”

去年11月，前总统特朗普在加利福尼亚州获得了超过600万张选票，这比他在美国其他任何州所获得的票数都要多。

但是，在约4000万人口的庞大州中，总统拜登（Joe Biden）获得了1100万张选票，就选民而言，主要自由城市在数量上远远超过大型，较保守的农村地区。