{"id":8510,"date":"2025-09-15T19:30:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendusa1.online\/?p=8510"},"modified":"2025-09-15T19:30:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:30:33","slug":"poll-shows-california-voters-reject-gavin-newsoms-gerrymandering-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendusa1.online\/?p=8510","title":{"rendered":"Poll Shows California Voters Reject Gavin Newsom\u2019s Gerrymandering Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"

California voters oppose Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s (D) plan to redraw congressional districts and gerrymander in favor of Democrats, rather than preserving the existing \u201cindependent\u201d commission that draws district maps.<\/p>\n

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Last week, Newsom announced that he will seek a special election to approve a new partisan map, approved by the Democrat-dominated legislature, that will eliminate at least four of the nine Republican-held seats.<\/p>\n

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However, a poll of 1,445 registered voters in California by the Citrin Center and Possibility Lab at UC Berkeley and Politico revealed that 64% favor the current system, versus just 36% who want Newsom\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n

Politico reported:<\/p>\n

By nearly a two-to-one margin, voters prefer keeping an independent line-drawing panel to determine the state\u2019s House seats, the latest POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab survey found. Just 36 percent of respondents back returning congressional redistricting authority to state lawmakers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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