Newsweek, October 2025
A majority of voters say they are voting ‘yes’ on California’s Proposition 50, according to a new poll.
Some 62 percent of likely voters in the heavily Democratic state said they are voting ‘yes’ on the ballot measure championed by California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, while 38 percent said they would vote ‘no’, according to the poll by CBS News and YouGov.
The proposal would temporarily set aside congressional districts created by an independent commission and replace them with reshaped districts drafted by Democrats to add five Democratic U.S. House seats in California to counter President Donald Trump’s moves in Texas to gain five Republican districts before the 2026 midterm elections.
