It's not just that Newsom has withstood the recall effort.
So far, higher percentage of voters have said he should not be recalled than elected him in 2018!
More voters have said he should not be recalled, with 2/3rds of the vote in than voted for his opponent in 2018.
It's been 75 years since a winner in a gubernatorial contest has gotten a higher percentage than Newsom will have gotten - Earl Warren with over 90%, amazingly enough, in 1946.
Elder's winning the "Yes" votes, but has less than half of them, to this point.