****I changed the headline. My friend told me it was misleading and I agree. The changes would flip the districts. They’re not adding more districts.
We need to strike gerrymandering from our vocabulary. It happens all the time.
Republicans need to accept it and fight with it as well.
California voters overwhelmingly passed Prop 50. Over 60% of the voters said yes.
That means the state will push aside the nonpartisan redistricting commission for the rest of the decade and allow the Democrat-led legislature to redraw the Congressional districts.
The new map will likely give Democrats five more seats in the House.
California has 52 seats in the House. Democrats have 43 seats and Republicans have nine.
District 1: “The redrawn District 1 would stretch the district west to encompass more Democratic voters and remove many of the Republican North State constituents.”
District 3: “The redrawn District 3 would include parts of Democratic-leaning Sacramento County and removes a large swath of the Eastern Sierra.”
District 22: “The redrawn District 22 would encompass many parts of the current district but now stretches north in Fresno County.”
District 41: “The redrawn Congressional District in Riverside County would be replaced entirely by a new seat in central Los Angeles County.”
District 48: “The redrawn Congressional District which covers East County, San Diego would pick up Palm Springs, while other parts shift to nearby Democrats.”
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