LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Global Leaders Rated – California Dreaming? – Pennsylvania GOP Primary

Your Daily Polling Update for Wednesday, March 24, 2021

BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 57%
Up 2 from a week ago

RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 48% (Rasmussen) to 62% (Politico). Without these extremes it would be 58%…. Biden’s disapproval rating averages 40% today (-1 from a week ago).

CALIFORNIA RECALL
Among voters statewide

Gov. Gavin Newsom rating
(Among likely recall voters)
47% favorable/37% unfavorable
 
Gov. Gavin Newsom recall
(Among likely recall voters)
40% favor recalling Newsom
53% oppose recalling Newsom
 
RON’S COMMENT: Among likely recall voters, 44% of men, 37% of women, 81% of Republicans, 17% of Democrats and 41% of independents would vote to recall Democrat Newsom.

GOVERNOR: PENNSYLVANIA 2022
Among Republican voters statewide

Republican primary for governor
Lou Barletta: 20% 
Doug Mastriano: 11% 
William McSwain: 3% 
Dan Meuser: 3% 
Jim Cawley: 2% 

RON’S COMMENT: The GOP primary for governor is wide open with 60% undecided. Former U.S. Rep. Barletta is leading the field. Mastriano is a state senator, Meuser is a Congressman, McSwain is a former U.S. attorney and Cawley is former lieutenant governor. 

• Barletta is known by 67% of Republican voters (23% favorably, 11% unfavorably). He lost a 2018 Senate race to incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, 56-43.
• Trump’s rating among Pennsylvania Republicans is 83% favorable/12% unfavorable––which means his endorsement would be a big factor.
• A number of Democratic members of Congress and statewide officials are considering a run. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf is term-limited.
• Handicappers rate the general election a tossup/battleground.
• Biden won the state by a 1.2-point margin.

GLOBAL LEADERS: JOB RATINGS IN THEIR COUNTRIES
Among voters in each country

% = Approve/Disapprove
Narendra Modi (India): 71%/23%
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (Mexico): 61%/30%
Scott Morrison (Australia): 57%/36%
Joe Biden (US): 56%/35%
Angela Merkel (Germany): 51%/43%
Justin Trudeau (Canada): 48%/45%
Boris Johnson (UK): 45%/49%
Emanuel Macron (France): 33%/58%
Yoshihide Suga (Japan): 32%/53%
 
RON’S COMMENT: Six of the nine leaders rated by voters in their own countries are net positive and three are net negative. Modi tops the list and Suga brings up the bottom.

SOURCES
Presidential job rating average based on recent nationwide polls.
GLOBAL LEADERS: JOB RATING: Morning Consult, March 16
PENNSYLVANIA: Susquehanna Polling and Research, Feb. 16-24 
CALIFORNIA: Probolsky, March 16-19

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