Approval of measure could determine if Republicans keep full control of government in next year’s midterm elections
Voters in California on Tuesday approved a high-stakes redistricting measure, a national triumph for Democrats hoping to stop Donald Trump and Republicans from retaining full control of the federal government in next year’s midterm elections.
It was a decisive victory for Democrats in deep-blue California, who had raced to counter a gerrymander in Texas, engineered at the US president’s behest, to carve out new safe Republican districts. The Associated Press declared Proposition 50 had passed almost instantly when polls closed statewide.
I felt dirty voting for it, since I feel strongly against gerrymandering and was happy that CA HAD a law against it; but I also felt it was something I had to do.
It was a necessary response to those who are destroying your democracy.
On behalf of everyone affected by the US, thank you.
Same. It has an expiration time though right? So it is only temporary.
Yeah three election cycles and then sunsets itself after 2030, which I really appreciated was baked directly in.