In the book he’s still water based
The stock market is great but the economy sucks for regular people, and that's in large part because the Republicans in control of everything don't give a shit about regular people.
People powered support by Californians got @becerraforgovernor into the KTLA debate he was previously excluded from due to low polling numbers (pre-Swalwell exit!). This is truly a grassroots organic campaign. People are just doing stuff (calling the TV station) without being told because they want a good candidate to win. It is the most refreshing campaign outside of the Harris-Walz sprint. Imagine people just using social tools to support a candidate they like. How novel.