California set to approve Prop 50 as voters signal displeasure with Trump

<p>Voters set to accept new maps to help Democrats counter Republican gerrymandering – and check president’s power</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california">California</a>’s Proposition 50 began as a warning from the nation’s largest blue state to its largest red one: <a href="https://x.com/CAgovernor/status/1958202719052697630">don’t poke the bear</a>. But when Texas <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/18/texas-democrats-california-electoral-maps-redistricting">moved ahead </a>with a rare, mid-decade gerrymander, pushed by Donald Trump as Republicans seek to shore up their fragile House majority in the midterm elections, California made good on its threat.</p><p>Now, California voters appear poised to approve a redistricting measure placed on the ballot in August by Democrats and the state’s governor, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gavin-newsom">Gavin Newsom</a>, who have cast it as a chance <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/25/california-prop-50-trump-redistricting">to check Trump’s power</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/02/california-prop-50-democrats-trump">Continue reading...</a>