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California voters are less keen on fighting Trump than their state’s political elite.
In a dual survey of California voters and political professionals who are driving the state’s agenda, the electorate is strikingly more likely to want a détente with the White House. Voters are also more divided on issues like immigration and climate change, where Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic state lawmakers have asserted progressive ambitions that rebuff President Donald Trump’s agenda.
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A plurality of voters is skeptical of legal immigration, and less than half think the state should be able to set its own strict standards on vehicle emissions, an authority California has used for more than half a century.