A new poll from UC Berkeley has found California voters overwhelmingly believe Gov. Gavin Newsom is more focused on doing things that help his presidential candidacy than actually governing, by a ratio of two-to-one. 

“By a greater than two-to-one margin (54% to 26%), most voters believe that as Newsom serves out his final two years as governor, he is devoting more of his attention to things that might benefit himself as a possible candidate for president than governing the state and helping to solve its problems,” wrote Mark DiCamillo, director of the Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies. 

Eighty-three percent of Republicans, 52% of independents and 40% of Democrats agreed that Newsom was prioritizing his presidential run, while just 6%, of Republicans, 22% of independents and 41% of Democrats felt Newsom is focused on “governing the state and helping to solve its problems.”