Poll shows support for recall of DA Boudin
A poll released March 16 by the campaign working to recall San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin shows that more than a majority of city voters would remove him from office.Boudin, one of several progressive DA's in the country, faces a June 7 recall vote.
Organizers gathered enough signatures to force the ballot question after many residents grew frustrated with quality of life crimes and some of Boudin's policies.The Safer SF Without Boudin campaign, which is led by Democratic Party members, community leaders, and small business owners, released a poll from EMC Research showing that 68% of San Francisco voters support the recall.
A total of 74% of those polled have an unfavorable view of Boudin, who was narrowly elected in 2019, according to the poll."Voters clearly know and believe that Chesa Boudin is failing to keep San Francisco safe," stated Mary Jung, chair of the Safer SF Without Boudin campaign. "Hate crimes toward the [Asian and Pacific Islander] community spiked by more than 500% in 2021 under Chesa's watch."Jung is a former chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party.The poll found that Boudin has an unfavorability rating of 74%, while 78% of voters give him a negative job performance rating.The poll's findings come from a mixed mode telephone, and email- and text-to-web survey among 800 likely voters in San Francisco and was conducted February 17-21, EMC Research stated.
The results have an overall margin of error of plus or minus 4.4% points, and the survey was offered in English and Chinese, according to EMC Research.The summary from the research firm stated that voters are "very concerned" about specific crime-related issues.
