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"Over 8,800 candidates belonging to 49 political parties and 284 independent groups are contesting the elections but only around 1,000 candidates have actively campaigned," Rohana Hettiarachchi, executive director of poll monitoring group People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections, told the BBC.

A 2002 Gallup Poll found that 60% of the public said they trusted the government to “do what is right” about always or most of the time.

A 2023 Ipsos poll indicates that 55% of Canadians support nuclear energy.

“Nearly all voters in this state have an opinion of her, and that’s really the big advantage that she brings to an early poll,” said Mark DiCamillo, the director of the Berkeley IGS Poll.

Still, the poll suggests that Californians could be less supportive of Harris running for governor compared with her run for president this year.