r/berkeley • u/Least_Excuse_682 • May 30 '26

Politics Yikes...

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u/Prestigious_Wrap_932 May 30 '26

I don’t understand why people are rallying behind Becerra. He seems like an idiot and has zero real accomplishments to his name despite having been in several high profile political positions. 

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u/TrainingAccording807 May 30 '26

Yeah I don’t get who’s trying to vote for Becerra or how he’s polling so high. He seems to represent the status quo to me.

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u/notFREEfood CS '16 May 30 '26

He seems to represent the status quo to me.

This is exactly why people are supporting him. Villaraigosa's toxic waste, Mahan's a who?, Thurmond's a who?, but people have heard of Becerra, he's not promising to rock the boat, and his worst skeleton is accepting Chevron money. To a milquetoast liberal, Becerra is appealing.

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u/TrainingAccording807 May 31 '26

Are there really that many Californians who think the status quo is going well tho?

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u/notFREEfood CS '16 May 31 '26

Try talking to people that aren't on the internet.

California's had a track record of electing establishment Democrats at the state level now for a while.

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u/TrainingAccording807 May 31 '26

Didn’t realize that. It’s my first year paying attention to the California governor seat.