A new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) indicates that 56% of likely voters support Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 50, which would gerrymander the state’s congressional map to help Democrats.
The map — unseen by most voters — would replace the one drawn by California’ constitutionally-mandated independent redistricting commission, which voters put into place after passing a referendum in 2008.
The likely effect of the map, created behind closed doors by Democrats, will be to eliminate at least half of the nine seats held by Republicans, who are already underrepresented by half in the existing “independent” map.
Newsom and other Democrats argue that Prop 50 is necessary to “defend democracy,” though effectively it ends the ability of the opposition party
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