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Gavin Newsom: “2008 we had 53% popular vote, most since 1964, to get Barack…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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How Gavin Newsom Became the Democrats' 2028 Frontrunner | The Ezra Klein Show

Published | Video Starts at 09:26

And we built this bottom up movement that brought us back into the majority with Nancy Pelosi two years later. And then 2008 we had 53% popular vote, most since 1964, to get Barack Obama into the White House. So it was a remarkable story of resilience. But it was also the hard work in 2005 and six that set that course. So I often think about the 04 analogy. (09:26–09:33)

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Asserts that Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 with 53% of the popular vote, the highest since 1964.

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