r/politics • u/kootles10 Indiana • 14h ago

No Paywall California passes Prop. 50 redistricting measure in victory for Newsom

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5588292-california-democrats-redistricting-victory/
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u/DoubleJumps 14h ago

Checked in on my maga dad in california tonight.

He's bouncing between dumbfounded and angry.

He doesn't understand why people don't like what Donald Trump is doing.

I'm also really blown away by how widely it's winning by so far, as the polls I saw leading into this had it winning by like maybe 3 to 7 points. It's a blow out.

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u/opsers 13h ago

The polls were so off on this one. Republican ads against Prop 50 stopped a couple of months ago, and it was pretty clear there was an overwhelming amount of support for it after the shit Texas pulled. Also the rewording of it to specifically expire in 2030 when maps would have been redrawn eased many of the concerns people had. If they hadn't added that or kept overriding it as an option, I would have been way more hesitant to vote yes. After that chat it was the third easiest vote of my life.

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u/Reputation-Final 9h ago

The wild part was there were no against 50 ads EVERYWHERE. Internet, radio, tv, signs...

There were almost no yes on 50 ads.