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Gavin Newsom: “Was it inflation? Was it immigration, which obviously played…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Gavin Newsom Interviews Authors Amy Parnes and Jonathan Alle on 'Fight': Behind the Scenes of the 2024 Election

Published | Video Starts at 1:07:57

Was it the nature of incumbency? And there's an incumbency penalty of sorts. And you saw that globally, though not exclusively globally, but you saw it in a lot of other countries. Was it inflation? Was it immigration, which obviously played a role in this campaign? Was it interest rates, which people often forget about, car loans and home loans, mortgage rates and the like? But all this time, she wasn't thinking about that. She was confident she was going to win. She goes into election night thinking she's going to win. Same with Tim Wall. (1:07:57–1:08:09)

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Asserts that inflation, immigration, and interest rates were significant factors in the campaign.

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