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Governor Newsom’s strategy ultimately will rest with voters
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California Democrats aim to finish legislative action by Friday
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Trump-backed Texas plan nears enactment as foes threaten to sue
Aug 21 (Reuters) - The California Senate on Thursday was set to act on newly drawn political maps aimed at giving Democrats five more seats in Congress, countering a partisan advantage President Donald Trump hopes to gain from a Republican redistricting plan in Texas.
California Democrats, led by Governor Gavin Newsom, are pushing to achieve fast-track passage of their redistricting effort in the Sacramento statehouse by Friday, just in time to place it on the ballot for a special election on November 4.
The plan ultimately has to be approved by voters, who will have to live with the new districts—and if it reaches its partisan quota by creating spaghettified districts that can’t meaningfully represent local issues, voters will be more reluctant.
Texas doesn’t give a fuck about any of that.
What Newsom can and can’t do is constrained by California voters, not by Texas.
Yes, of course. Maybe there are enough California voters outraged by Texas’s bullshit to give the oaky to authorize a full-blue plan for California.
There won’t be. California isn’t as blue as everyone thinks. And most Californian voters aren’t aware enough of what the rest of the country is doing to understand why Newsom would be turning back a democratic anti-gerrymandering law.
bummer