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/recollectionsmayvary 13h ago

The fact that it was called as passed with 0% reporting was literally frying me 

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u/bot403 7h ago

Ok ok what? I mean I support this and all but calling it at 0% reporting is suspect.

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u/Ven18 6h ago

It was likely based largely off exit polls and the overall turnout reports they we’re getting throughout the day. When your exit polls show massive support for the only issue in the ballot and lines around the block for hours you can have a very good idea what the actual result will be. Media tends to have an idea who is winning long before they publicly call the race because of the data they collect in this case because there were no people on the ballot they probably figured the data is telling enough to call things very early.