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Early Polls Show Newsom Nudging Ahead of Vance, With Edge Among Young Men

Fresh surveys point to tentative gains for Gavin Newsom with young voters in hypothetical 2028 matchups.

Overview

  • A GOP-affiliated League of American Workers/TIPP poll of registered voters aged 18–25 shows young men prefer Gavin Newsom over J.D. Vance 38% to 33%, with 15% choosing someone else and 15% unsure.
  • The TIPP online survey, conducted Oct. 22–28, sampled 2,100 respondents including 1,300 men, used weighting to national benchmarks, and reported a ±2.8% margin of error for male respondents.
  • In the same TIPP data, young men view President Donald Trump and Vice President Vance unfavorably while Newsom’s job rating is net positive among that group.
  • A separate Overton Insights poll of 1,200 registered voters reports Newsom leading Vance nationally by three points in a hypothetical head-to-head.
  • Overton’s sample also shows Vance leading among self-identified Republican primary voters, underscoring intra-party strength even as early general-election polling remains close and highly preliminary.