Gavin Newsom

Governor of California United States

Liberal

Fight Trump in Trump's own language — all-caps posts included — while tacking toward the center for whatever comes next.

Community poll — liberal or conservative?

Liberal 1126 (79%)(21%) 291 Conservative

Details — statements, goals & consistency record →

Most recent, with sources

2026-07-28Action
Expanded state partnerships to 13 cities for clearing homeless encampments along highways, with the state offsetting local cleanup costs.

2026-01-01Social post

Opened 2026 with a New Year's Day barrage of all-caps, Trump-style posts mocking Republicans — part of a running strategy in which his accounts flood X with insults, memes and boasts in the president's own register.

Source: The Week ↗

2025-11-04Action

Won Proposition 50 with roughly 64% of the vote, letting California replace its independent-commission congressional map with one favoring Democrats in five districts — his answer to the Trump-backed mid-decade redistricting in Texas.

Source: CalMatters ↗