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A few, though, had already heard about the election.

Javier Rivera, 49, said he would vote to keep Newsom, who he said had handled a difficult situation well. He sees the governor as a staunch opponent of the former president.

“I would have voted for Daffy Duck if he was against Trump,” he said.

But Rivera said he was concerned: “For whatever reason, it feels like most of the noise is coming from Republicans.”

Edgar Robleto, 62, who spoke with Diaz and Guzman Reyes through a metal screen door, said he wanted Newsom “gone.” Pandemic restrictions, he said, were “overboard,” and he’d lost work as a bus operator.

“My credit cards are to the top,” he told me.

But Robleto said he didn’t know whom he’d vote for to replace the governor. He said he would find information on Facebook and YouTube, and wait to hear from leaders of his church.

For more:

• Recent polling shows that the governor’s race is in a dead heat. Read a Times analysis.

• Larry Elder, the conservative radio talk show host, has emerged as a leading figure in the election. Here’s how that happened.

• We’ve got answers to some frequently asked questions about the recall.

Jill Cowan is a New York Times reporter, currently based in Los Angeles.