CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten on Thursday revealed that California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s trolling tactics against Donald Trump are absolutely “showing signs of working,” leading to growing interest among Democrats in a possible Newsom run for president in 2028.

The figure marks a massive jump from 2023, when just 35% of the demographic were “excited” about the prospect of the governor running for president.

“My goodness gracious! A rising tide of support for Gavin Newsom,” said Enten, who added that a majority of Democrats in his home state didn’t want the governor to run for president back in 2023.

Newsom’s Trump-like social media makeover — which has featured a storm of all-caps messages, the use of artificial intelligence-generated images, rants and name-calling — has sparked right-wing outrage from the likes of Vice President JD Vance, Kid Rock, Fox News hosts and, as of Friday afternoon, Trump himself.

When asked by Bolduan why polling in California is “so important,” he stressed that all Democratic and Republican presidential nominees since 1980 have led early polls and won the primaries in their home state.

“So, yes, winning California is not tantamount to winning the nomination, but it is one of those stepping stones that you have to make it to if you, in fact, want to win the nomination historically,” Enten explained.

“And of course, in California, it has the most delegates out of any of the states that, of course, take part in the Democratic primary.”