What Went Down At The California Recall Election: Live Results

These preliminary exit polls also indicate there’s a pretty big divide between the inland and coastal vote. Newsom is doing best in the Bay Area and Los Angeles County. The former is essentially his home turf — he came up in San Francisco, serving two terms as mayor — and has consistently voted overwhelmingly for Newsom in his statewide races. But further inland, according to these preliminary results, Californians voted in favor of removal by a 10-point margin.