Trump will be on California's March ballot. Democrats had urged election official to leave him off

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : In polling tracked by RealClearPolling.com, Trump is eclipsing all other Republican candidates by 50 percentage points or more.
47% : Colorado's Republican Party appealed the Colorado high court decision on Wednesday, urging an expedited schedule, and Trump is also expected to file an appeal within the week.
46% : The decision by Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows followed a ruling earlier this month by the Colorado Supreme Court that booted Trump from the ballot there under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
41% : Biden handily beat Trump by more than 5 million votes in California's 2020 general election.
41% : "It is clear that these decisions are going to keep popping up, and inconsistent decisions reached (like the many states keeping Trump on the ballot over challenges) until there is final and decisive guidance from the U.S. Supreme Court," Rick Hasen, a law professor at UCLA, wrote in response to the Maine decision.
39% : In the end, the nation's highest court will likely have the final say on whether Trump appears on the ballot in Maine and in the other states.
37% : Weber's announcement Thursday came just hours after Maine's Democratic secretary of state removed Trump from the ballot under the Constitution's insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally as the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide whether Trump remains eligible to return to the White House.
33% : While Weber's decision keeps Trump on the March primary ballot in California, the former president still faces long odds in one of the deepest blue states in the country.
28% : That decision has been stayed until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether Trump is barred by the Civil War-era provision, which prohibits those who "engaged in insurrection" from holding office.
27% : That also means that voters not registered as Republicans, including those who register with "No Party Preference" aren't allowed to cast ballots for or against Trump in the field of nine hopefuls.
26% : Another court decision is expected in Oregon in the coming days after that state's election's chief said she lacked the legal authority to remove Trump from a primary decided by party members.
18% : "Newsom himself took a different tack, saying that while there was no doubt that Trump is a threat to American liberties and democracy, "in California, we defeat candidates at the polls.
17% : ""California is obligated to determine if Trump is ineligible for the California ballot for the same reasons described in Anderson," said Kounalakis, a candidate to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2026.
12% : In California's GOP primary, Trump will face off against rivals including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former South Carolina governor and Trump's U.N. ambassador, Nikki Haley -- as well as others.

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