Release #2025-02 Californians fear the impact on the state of the changes the Trump administration is making in Washington

Majorities of voters believe California will be negatively impacted by the changes the Trump administration is making to the federal government.For example, nearly two in three (64%) believe Trump's proposed tariffs will negatively affect California business and agriculture, 56% say this about the state's Medi-Cal insurance program, 55% believe they will have negative impacts on the state's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, another 55% say it will negatively impact the state's undocumented immigrants, while 54% and 53%, respectively, fear negative impacts on the state's K-12 public schools and the state's public higher education system.Democrats are much more fearful than Republicans that the state will be negatively affected by the Trump administration.The survey also finds that Californians continue to hold very mixed and highly partisan views of the job Gavin Newsom is doing as governor, with equal proportions now reporting that they approve (46%) as disapprove (46%) of the Governor's performance.Voters are also about evenly split when asked how confident they are in Newsom's ability to be effective in looking out for California's interests when dealing with the Trump administration, with 48% expressing confidence in the Governor and 45% saying they are not confident.