{"id":272762,"date":"2026-04-17T16:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/272762\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:03:14","slug":"poll-shows-crowded-california-governors-race-as-hilton-leads-and-undecided-voters-dominate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/272762\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll Shows Crowded California Governor\u2019s Race as Hilton Leads and Undecided Voters Dominate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/california-2026-poll-april\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Emerson College Polling\/Inside California Politics<\/a> survey finds a crowded and unsettled field ahead of California\u2019s June 2 gubernatorial primary, with a significant share of voters still undecided.<\/p>\n<p>The poll, conducted April 14\u201315 among 1,000 likely primary voters, shows Republican Steve Hilton leading with 17% support, followed by Republican Chad Bianco at 14% and Democrat Tom Steyer also at 14%. Democrats Xavier Becerra and Katie Porter each received about 10%, while Matt Mahan trailed with 5%.<\/p>\n<p>Another 23% of voters said they remain undecided.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The survey found Democrats make up 50.2% of likely voters, compared to 26.6% Republicans and 23.2% independents or others.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about top issues, 41.1% of respondents cited the economy, including jobs, inflation and taxes, followed by housing affordability at 19.8% and threats to democracy at 9.7%.<\/p>\n<p>The sample reflects a diverse electorate, with 47.8% identifying as White, 30.8% Hispanic or Latino, and 10% Black.<\/p>\n<p>The poll has a credibility interval of plus or minus 3 percentage points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new Emerson College Polling\/Inside California Politics survey finds a crowded and unsettled field ahead of California\u2019s June&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-272762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-california-headlines","10":"tag-california-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}