Prop 50 passes with a majority of California voters weighing in to support redistricting

California voters person passed the state’s redistricting measure, Proposition 50, paving the mode for Democrats to prime up 5 further legislature seats successful adjacent year’s midterms. The measure, which was introduced to antagonistic Republican redistricting efforts successful Texas, was passed by a bulk of California voters, aboriginal returns indicate.

The effort down Prop 50 was spearheaded by California Gov. Gavin Newsom who has emerged arsenic 1 of the astir salient nationalist critics of President Donald Trump. With the bill’s passage, California is present wide to instrumentality a caller legislature representation for the adjacent 3 predetermination cycles.

Following the 2030 U.S. Census, California’s autarkic redistricting committee volition resume drafting the state’s legislature maps.

California is 1 of a fig of states nationally that is reshaping legislature voting districts up of adjacent year’s midterms. The nationalist conflict implicit partisan gerrymandering was ignited successful Texas, pursuing a propulsion from President Trump. 

The Republican-controlled authorities adopted a caller representation successful August that could flip 5 Democratic-leaning U.S. House seats. California was the 2nd authorities to marque moves. Between the California legislature passing the representation backmost successful August and this election, Missouri and North Carolina some adopted caller maps. Other states whitethorn soon follow.

How did the California counties ballot successful Prop 50?

 The result of this ballot measurement could assistance find power of the U.S. House aft the 2026 midterms, which volition spot Republicans effort to subordinate a humanities signifier of the president’s enactment losing seats successful midterm elections. The GOP’s borderline is slim; Heading into Tuesday’s election, Republicans controlled 219 seats to Democrats’ 213, with 3 vacancies.

With Prop 50’s passage, Democrats are present poised to power arsenic galore arsenic 48 of California’s 52 legislature seats, up from the 43 the enactment presently holds.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.