Your denial of their unpopularity is ridiculous.
Check back with me on Inauguration Day 2025.
Newsom won his recall election with 62% of the vote. Whitmer was re-elected last November with 55% of the vote.
They are two of the most attractive and popular Democratic politicians in existence. Whitmer, in particular, by taking Michigan (and probably Wisconsin, too) off the board for the indefinite future makes a Trump return to the White House very unlikely.