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.

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    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.

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      It was a necessary response to those who are destroying your democracy.

      On behalf of everyone affected by the US, thank you.

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      16 hours ago

      Same. It has an expiration time though right? So it is only temporary.

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        Yeah three election cycles and then sunsets itself after 2030, which I really appreciated was baked directly in.

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    The messaging on 50 has been great IMHO. Basically, “this is an affront to democracy, but Texas did it first and if we take the moral high ground we’re screwed.”

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    He’ll just go to war with someone random (Venezuela?) and cancel all future elections. And then say Zelenskyy did it first.