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"content": "\u003cp>As in-person voting begins in California’s special election on redistricting, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> has repeatedly asserted that the Trump administration could send immigration agents to polling places in an attempt to intimidate voters and depress turnout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s warnings, while unspecific, speak to what community leaders call real, palpable fears within some Latino communities that immigration agents could show up on Election Day. And ever since the Supreme Court greenlit using \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/09/la-immigration-sweeps-supreme-court/\">racial profiling in immigration stops\u003c/a>, even U.S. citizens are scared they could be detained simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re going to likely see members of our military in and around polling booths and voting places all across this country,” Newsom warned last week during a virtual event with former President Barack Obama in support of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/tag/prop-50/\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>. “I would say the same about ICE and Border Patrol, and I say that soberly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom has not provided any evidence to suggest that the Department of Homeland Security will deploy immigration agents to polling sites. But he pointed to the Los Angeles campaign launch event for Prop. 50, his plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to favor Democrats, where federal immigration agents blocked supporters from entering the area and detained a nearby strawberry vendor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement wrote in a statement that the agency “is not planning operations targeting polling locations,” but that if agents are tracking “a dangerous criminal alien” who goes near a voting site they could be arrested there. A spokesperson for Customs and Border Patrol did not respond to emailed questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061617\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251023_BAYRESISTANCE_HERNANDEZ-13-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061617\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251023_BAYRESISTANCE_HERNANDEZ-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251023_BAYRESISTANCE_HERNANDEZ-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251023_BAYRESISTANCE_HERNANDEZ-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251023_BAYRESISTANCE_HERNANDEZ-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man watches from an office window as protesters pass by during the Bay Resistance march in San Francisco on Oct. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The governor argues that the Trump administration’s indiscriminate immigration raids, military and National Guard deployments are intended to suppress Democratic voters and keep Republicans in control of Congress for the duration of Trump’s presidency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know the intention of this administration — to rig next year’s midterms,” Newsom told reporters recently. “It’s absolutely predictable. It’s a script that’s been written for centuries. It’s the authoritarian playbook.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration’s Justice Department \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-monitor-polling-sites-california-new-jersey\">announced on Friday\u003c/a> that it will \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/10/proposition-50-election-monitors/\">deploy personnel to monitor polling sites in five counties\u003c/a>: Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside on Election Day. Fresno, Kern and Riverside counties are majority Latino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll monitors will “ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law,” according to the department. The administration has not said whether the agents will be stationed at polling sites in addition to county election offices where ballots are counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats denounced the plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Deploying federal forces to ‘monitor’ elections is nothing more than an intimidation tactic meant to suppress the vote,” said Rusty Hicks, chair of the California Democratic Party. “What Republicans are really afraid of is record voter participation and a clear verdict from the people of California in support of Prop. 50.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>‘Alarming’ number of Latinos fear ICE at polls\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The vast majority of Californians vote by mail, especially since the state adopted universal mail-in voting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Just over 80% of votes cast in the 2024 presidential election were mail-in ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But casting a ballot in-person on Election Day is a point of pride for many American immigrants, especially Latinos, said Yvette Martinez, executive director of the California Democratic Party.[aside postID=news_12061545 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED.jpg']“It’s a cultural thing,” said Martinez. “People want to show up and say, ‘I’m patriotic, here’s my civic duty. I’m here to vote, I’m here to make my voice heard.’ And when you quell that, it’s dangerous. And it’s actually sad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://latinocf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1.-LCF-Latino-Survey-Sept-2025-Results-by-Region.pdf\">September survey\u003c/a> of 1,200 registered Latino voters conducted by the Latino Community Foundation, a nonprofit that funds Latino advocacy, 53% said they planned to vote in person. Of those, more than half said they would vote on Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same survey also found that two-thirds of the Latino voters surveyed said they were at least somewhat worried that ICE or Border Patrol agents could show up at polling places. The poll had a sampling error margin of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are citizens of this country. And if they are concerned about immigration or any type of federal presence at in-person voting sites, that is alarming,” said Christian Arana, who leads policy strategy for the foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If people want to vote in person, it is their fundamental right,” Arana said. “I never want us to buy into the fear that you can’t participate in democracy because immigration enforcement may show up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far in the race for Prop. 50, only 9% of registered Latino voters have returned their ballots, according to the most recent data available from Political Data Inc., compared to 19% of white voters and 13% of Black voters. California pollster Ben Tulchin, who recently surveyed Latino voters about Prop. 50, said those numbers “are not unusual” since Latino voters tend to lag other ethnic and racial groups in casting ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/anna-caballero-101330\">Sen. Anna Caballero\u003c/a>, Democrat of Merced, said U.S. citizens told her they’re afraid to go outside, especially when there have been reports of ICE sightings in the region. Many of her constituents come from mixed-status families in which some family members are citizens and others aren’t. She blames the Trump administration for terrifying those families so much that they don’t want to leave their homes unless absolutely necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/060625_ICE-Raid-DTLA_JWBH_CM_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt='A heavily armed individual in military-style gear and a gas mask stands behind yellow caution tape marked \"crime scene do not cross.\" They are holding a rifle and surrounded by others in tactical uniforms. Behind them, a crowd of onlookers gathers near a building with a sign that reads \"ambiance – not open to the public.\" The scene appears tense, unfolding in an urban area.'>\u003cfigcaption>Federal immigration authorities face off against protesters during an ICE raid at Ambiance Apparel in Downtown Los Angeles on June 6, 2025. \u003cem>(J.W. Hendricks for CalMatters)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This idea that all you have to do is pull out your driver’s license, or pull out some kind of documentation, that’s a fantasy,” said Caballero. “U.S. citizens have been detained and taken into custody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will\">investigation by ProPublica\u003c/a> found that at least 170 U.S. citizens have been wrongfully detained by ICE since the second Trump administration took office, prompting intense criticism from opponents. Top Democrats on the House and Senate government oversight committees, Rep. Robert Garcia of California and Sen. 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It’s politics, it’s headline-grabbing,” said Hector Barajas, a spokesperson for the No on 50 campaign.[aside postID=news_12061080 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GettyImages-2220045842-2000x1334.jpg']Barajas denounced Democrats for what he said was intentional disenfranchisement of nonwhite voters, since white college-educated voters are historically far more likely to turn out during off-year elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is what happens with special elections, is people don’t turn out to vote, especially Hispanics, which is a sad tragedy in itself,” Barajas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez said Democratic Party volunteers are for the first time urging voters to return their ballots early via mail or drop-off when they go door to door and handing out pamphlets with instructions for how to report any suspicious activity near polling sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The party has also trained hundreds of volunteers as poll watchers who will monitor polling sites for signs of intimidation or federal interference starting the weekend before Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arana, with the Latino Community Foundation, said he’s choosing to vote in person as an act of defiance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m seeing this as a form of a declaration that I am a Latino man in the state,” he said. “My voice will be heard on this issue, and no one is ever gonna take that right away from me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Gavin Newsom said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047432/us-sues-california-over-its-refusal-to-ban-transgender-athletes-from-girls-sports\">state law needs to be changed\u003c/a> to clarify when and how transgender women and girls compete in women’s sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s after criticism by LGBTQ+ advocates and members of his own party for comments made during a March podcast interview with Charlie Kirk, in which Newsom agreed with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055641/after-kirks-death-trump-targets-critics-in-expanding-free-speech-fight\">late conservative activist\u003c/a> that it was unfair for a trans teen girl to compete in a high school track and field competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about his stance Friday on KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061434/newsom-trump-sending-troops-to-monitor-californias-election-is-a-2026-preview\">Political Breakdown\u003c/a>, Newsom touted his record of supporting bills \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060369/tracking-newsoms-record-on-pro-lgbtq-laws-signed-and-vetoed-this-session\">protecting trans people\u003c/a>, but said he has struggled to find a way to accommodate people’s concerns on this issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I disagree with all the vitriol, but I agree on the issue of fairness in that respect, that it is unfair in these circumstances and I haven’t been able to reconcile it,” Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts have said athletic ability varies greatly across gender, based on many factors not exclusive to sex assigned at birth. And scientific reviews, including one by the \u003ca href=\"https://hal.science/hal-04477646/file/transgenderwomenathletesandelitesport-ascientificreview-e-final%20%281%29.pdf\">Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport\u003c/a>, show biomedical factors related to puberty do not predict athletic performance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom signed a bill into \u003ca href=\"https://www.outsports.com/2025/10/15/24120449/gavin-newsom-california-equity-sports-trans-athletes-commission-cif/\">law\u003c/a> Oct. 13 that requires the creation of a state commission to study inclusion in youth sports, including of trans youth. The commission has been alternately praised and criticized — while some Democrats have championed the study as a means to improve access for all children, regardless of gender identity, some advocates worry the commission could serve as a backdoor ban for trans kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For GOP legislators, the bill is seen as a means to oppose President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for a blanket ban on transgender female athletes who compete in women’s and girls’ sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041807\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041807\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TrumpTransAthletesGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1251\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TrumpTransAthletesGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TrumpTransAthletesGetty-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TrumpTransAthletesGetty-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TrumpTransAthletesGetty-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TrumpTransAthletesGetty-1536x961.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TrumpTransAthletesGetty-1920x1201.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A new state law creating a commission to study inclusion in youth sports has drawn Republican criticism as a challenge to President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender girls competing in women’s events. \u003ccite>(Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Newsom has styled himself as a champion for LGBTQ+ rights, and as San Francisco mayor, engaged in civil disobedience to allow gay couples to marry at City Hall, his podcast interview with Kirk alienated many LGBTQ+ constituents, as the federal government and red states continue to chip away at hard-won progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As health and LGBTQ advocates who have been bolstered by Governor Newsom’s past support, we feel profoundly betrayed and outraged by his remarks,” Dannie Ceseña, director of the California LGBTQ Health and Human Services Network, said in a written statement after the episode was released. “Trust has been shattered.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, months later, Newsom stood by his statements to Kirk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s some nuance here,” he told KQED. “And so I said what I thought. And you know what? I can’t tell you how many people have a similar point of view, but don’t say it publicly.”[aside postID=news_12061445 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251024-NEWSOM-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED.jpg']Sports are critical for young people, Newsom added, saying that playing baseball and basketball growing up in Marin County are the reason he got to where he is now. For trans kids, he said, there should be distinctions between competitive and recreational sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t roll people under the bus, quite the contrary,” Newsom continued. “But when it comes to sports, that’s impacting other people’s rights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s high school athletics governing body follows 2013 state \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-law-allows-transgender-students-to-pick-bathrooms-sports-teams-they-identify-with/\">legislation\u003c/a> that explicitly allows students to play on sports teams that align with their gender identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the California Interscholastic Federation \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041770/california-tweaks-trans-athlete-rules-after-trump-threatens-to-halt-federal-funding\">altered its rules this summer\u003c/a> for the state track and field meet, after backlash from Trump and conservatives. 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"content": "\u003cp>Gov. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> on Friday accused the Trump administration of “rigging the election” by dispatching federal poll monitors to five California counties, as voters cast ballots on Newsom’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50\">Proposition 50\u003c/a> redistricting measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Justice announced Friday that it would deploy personnel to polling sites in Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties to “ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law,” ahead of the state’s Nov. 4 special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061434/newsom-trump-sending-troops-to-monitor-californias-election-is-a-2026-preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Newsom said the move was a “setup” for the Trump administration to cast doubt on the potential victory of Proposition 50 — a plan \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060910/proposition-50-redistricting-in-california-thoroughly-explained\">to redraw\u003c/a> the state’s congressional district lines to advantage Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are creating the pretext that after we’re successful with Prop. 50, after there is a Democratic governor in New Jersey — and will be one in Virginia, unquestionably — that they can suggest somehow these were fraudulent, these elections were rigged against them,” Newsom said. “This is a preview of 2026. Wake up, everybody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two officials involved in the DOJ announcement, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon and acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, are familiar faces in California politics. 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But the five counties were specifically named by California Republican Party Chair Corrin Rankin, in a letter sent to Dhillon on Monday, requesting the poll monitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In recent elections, we have received reports of irregularities in these counties that we fear will undermine either the willingness of voters to participate in the election or their confidence in the announced results of the election,” Rankin wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom insisted the deployment is laying the groundwork for the Trump administration to question the results of California’s vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dm3diA6z08\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They will not be allowed to access the back rooms, and watch this — they will then express discontent with that,” Newsom predicted. “They will then suggest after we win, because we will and we must, that somehow the election was fraudulent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor also warned that the deployment to voting locations would expand beyond federal lawyers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re also going to see ICE deployed,” he said. “You’re going to see these masked men from Border Patrol also near voting booths and polling places.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early voting sites \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058811/election-2025-ballot-dropoff-near-me-early-voting-where-is-my-polling-place\">are set to open across California\u003c/a> on Saturday. The DOJ did not respond to questions about when the poll-monitoring deployment would begin — and whether other federal agencies would be involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local election officials had a more measured response to the announcement of federal poll watchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The presence of election observers is not unusual and is a standard practice across the country,” Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan said in a statement. “Federal election monitors, like all election observers, are welcome to view election activities at designated locations to confirm transparency and integrity in the election process. California has very clear laws and guidelines that support observation and prohibit election interference.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In advance of the 2024 election, the Biden-led DOJ \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-monitor-polls-27-states-compliance-federal-voting-rights-laws\">announced\u003c/a> monitoring in 86 jurisdictions across 27 states, including San Joaquin County in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12060891\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12060891\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/NationalGuardGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/NationalGuardGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/NationalGuardGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/NationalGuardGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Guard soldiers are posted near an entrance to the Federal Building in Los Angeles during a demonstration in response to a series of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids throughout the country, on June 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The poll-watcher deployment marks the latest conflict between Newsom and President Donald Trump over federal actions in California. The president federalized over \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054322/judge-rules-trump-violated-law-by-sending-troops-to-los-angeles\">4,000 National Guard troops\u003c/a> in Los Angeles earlier this year, over Newsom’s objections. This week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061191/activists-federal-agents-clash-at-coast-guard-base-during-immigration-crackdown\">Border Patrol officers arrived\u003c/a> in the Bay Area in anticipation of an immigration operation in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s push to send National Guard troops to Democratic-controlled cities, such as Chicago and Portland, have resulted in high-profile legal and political battles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Trump said he decided to call off a planned federal “surge” into San Francisco, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061209/lurie-trump-is-calling-off-plans-to-send-federal-troops-to-san-francisco\">after a conversation\u003c/a> with the city’s mayor, Daniel Lurie. 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The president federalized over \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054322/judge-rules-trump-violated-law-by-sending-troops-to-los-angeles\">4,000 National Guard troops\u003c/a> in Los Angeles earlier this year, over Newsom’s objections. This week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061191/activists-federal-agents-clash-at-coast-guard-base-during-immigration-crackdown\">Border Patrol officers arrived\u003c/a> in the Bay Area in anticipation of an immigration operation in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s push to send National Guard troops to Democratic-controlled cities, such as Chicago and Portland, have resulted in high-profile legal and political battles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Trump said he decided to call off a planned federal “surge” into San Francisco, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061209/lurie-trump-is-calling-off-plans-to-send-federal-troops-to-san-francisco\">after a conversation\u003c/a> with the city’s mayor, Daniel Lurie. 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"content": "\u003cp>Charles Munger Jr., the Bay Area megadonor leading the campaign against \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>, said he remained confident opponents can defeat the redistricting measure on the November ballot, despite a recent slowdown in their campaign spending and the measure \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-poll-california-prop-50-redistricting-trump/\">pulling ahead \u003c/a>in most \u003ca href=\"https://app.displayr.com/Dashboard?id=707a2765-e49a-4b3e-923d-761bedaf3c37#page=4172bb6a-a0e3-4c41-a979-45229cdbea14\">polls.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Palo Alto physicist has spent nearly $33 million against Proposition 50, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/electionsnews\">would replace\u003c/a> California’s current congressional lines, drawn by a citizen commission, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052376/here-is-how-democrats-plan-to-redraw-californias-congressional-map\">with a map favoring Democrats\u003c/a>. Munger Jr. bankrolled the 2008 ballot measure that created the citizen commission and is far and away the top spender in this year’s campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve spent a literal fortune now and a great deal of time, energy and frankly agony in trying to keep this future from overtaking the people of California,” Munger Jr. said. “And it’s now up to them what they do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-megadonor-opposing-proposition-50-explains-his/id79681292?i=1000733153673\"> interview with KQED’s The California Report\u003c/a>, the normally reclusive Munger Jr. pushed back against supporters of the measure, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054630/in-picking-a-fight-with-trump-newsom-gambles-on-his-own-political-future\">has argued\u003c/a> that Proposition 50 is needed to combat Republican \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059049/who-draws-the-lines-a-history-of-gerrymandering\">gerrymandering\u003c/a> in states such as Texas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats in California placed Proposition 50 before voters after President Donald Trump called on GOP-led states to redraw their maps mid-decade, to give Republicans a better chance of hanging on to control of Congress in next year’s midterms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Munger Jr. said Democrats should work to win back control of the House fair and square — with California’s current maps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061183\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061183\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2239624348-scaled-e1761240194179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close-up of voter guide materials listing Proposition 50, a ballot measure in California, in Lafayette, Contra Costa County, on Oct. 3, 2025. \u003ccite>(Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You can win as many seats in the fair districts that we have as you can win by this gerrymander,” Munger Jr. said. “The only difference is the politicians aren’t choosing which Democrats and which Republicans are going to be elected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom and Democratic-aligned groups have saturated the airwaves in recent weeks, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060736/recall-redux-democrats-and-republicans-bring-back-familiar-arguments-in-prop-50-battle\">framing the contest in partisan terms\u003c/a> and billing Proposition 50 as an antidote to total Republican control of government in Washington, D.C..\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, ad spending against the measure has plateaued, according to AdImpact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Oct. 12, advertisers supporting Proposition 50 have spent $26.8 million compared with just $341,000 by opponents. And supporters have reserved nearly $10 million in advertisements for the closing two weeks of the campaign, compared to just $9,000 from opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked if he still believes the measure can be defeated, Munger Jr. said, “The short answer is yes.”[aside label=\"2025 California Special Election\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50,Learn about Proposition 50' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Aside-2025-Special-Election-Voter-Guide-Proposition-50-1200x675-1.png]“One of the things we’re trying to do is build enough of a coalition of those people [who] understand the issues and what’s good for the country, that the participation between the merely partisan Democrats and the merely partisan Republicans and their money will cancel out — leaving a majority on the right side of the issue,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Few big-dollar Republicans have joined Munger Jr. in the fight against Proposition 50. On the other side, Democratic megadonor George Soros and Tom Steyer have poured tens of millions of dollars into the redistricting campaign, joined by powerful teacher and nurses unions and thousands of small-dollar donors across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who partnered with Munger Jr. in 2008 to win voter support for the commission, has done \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057779/aoc-and-schwarzenegger-take-their-stances-on-prop-50\">relatively little\u003c/a> campaigning to save the commission’s work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Munger Jr. described his own role in passing the measure creating the commission, Proposition 20, “as close to a one-man show as it ever gets in politics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So, I’m quite committed to this because of the labor I put into it and because I think I understand the issues well enough to justify that labor,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Munger Jr. said the commission’s work has resulted in a competitive congressional map that forces California candidates to campaign hard and listen to constituents’ needs. In the last two congressional elections, California has had 21 House races finish within 10 percentage points, compared to 11 in Texas and Florida combined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Proposition 50 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053249/california-approves-redistricting-plan-now-its-up-to-voters\">is written to expire\u003c/a> after the 2030 election and hand line-drawing power back to the citizens’ commission, Munger Jr. warned of a future campaign to make the pro-Democratic lines permanent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Of course they’re going to do that,” he said. “Name a politician, name a state in the union where gerrymandering occurs, where the gerrymandering power did not seek to keep that power. You won’t find one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/mbolanos\">Madi Bolaños\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">\u003ci>View the full episode transcript.\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California voters have one proposition on the ballot this November: Proposition 50. It’s supporters want California to adopt a new congressional map that could give Democrats five more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, a counter to similar actions taken in Texas. Opponents say it’s a step in the wrong direction for good governance, or are upset at the potential loss of Republican seats. We wade into the debate with KQED’s Guy Marzorati.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC4282397539&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Right now, voters are being called to the polls or in the era of mail-in ballots to their dining room tables to cast a vote in one single statewide election, Proposition 50. And the political ads are everywhere… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>President Obama in advertisement: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California, the whole nation is counting on you. Democracy is on the ballot Nov. 4. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>Narrator voice: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California voters stopped rigged elections with an independent commission run by citizens. Prop 50 cancels this historic reform. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>Narrator voice: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vota sí a la proposición cincuenta.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Proposition 50 would redistrict California with an eye towards the upcoming midterm elections. And its sponsors don’t mince words. It’s designed to give Democrats the best chance possible to pick up seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Today on Bay Curious, we explore the ins and outs of Proposition 50. By the end, you’ll understand how district maps are drawn, the impacts this proposition would have on the Bay Area, and how this singleton proposition got on the ballot in a year when normally we’d have a break from propositions. Stay with us. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPONSOR\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Today we’re shedding light on California’s Proposition 50. On your ballot, it reads like this. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>Gabriela Glueck: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authorizes temporary changes to congressional district maps in response to Texas’s partisan redistricting. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joining me today is Guy Marzorati, correspondent on KQED’s California Politics and Government Desk. He’s been covering Proposition 50 for KQED. Welcome, Guy. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Thanks so much for having me. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to start with a quick refresher for folks on a few basic concepts related to Proposition 50. First off, what is redistricting? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So redistricting is the drawing of political maps to reflect changes in population. So we know that every state gets divided into congressional districts. These congressional districts have equal size. So California is a big state. We have 52 congressional districts. What happens is we take a measurement of the population, that’s the census, and then when the population changes, people move around. So districts have to change too to make sure they’re still equal sizes. And there’s a couple of different ways you can do redistricting. In a lot of cases, it’s the state legislatures that are drawing maps. And they sometimes have a couple different goals. One is: help whatever party’s in power. That’s called gerrymandering. Basically, when the lines are being drawn to either help Republicans or help Democrats, or in some cases to help everyone who’s in office just stay in office. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So that’s one path. But then there’s another way to do redistricting, which is how we have it in California. And we have a commission of average citizens who get together, take input from residents, and draw districts based on what they’re hearing from people who are living here. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What’s really changing right now in 2025 is we’re seeing this battle over redistricting break out across the country in the middle of a decade, right? We haven’t taken a new census. This is simply different states that are trying to gain partisan advantage in their political maps, either by helping Democrats or helping Republicans. And Prop 50 is in the middle of this national redistricting fight where Democrats in California are trying to redraw the maps to help their party win more seats in Congress. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> And this acceleration of gerrymandering is in part because of some rulings from the Supreme Court that really set the stage for more gerrymandering, right? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That’s right. The Supreme Court has said they don’t really want to wade into fights over partisan redistricting. So they’re not gonna take up challenges to maps that are unquestionably biased towards Republicans or biased towards Democrats. And so what we’ve seen is states continue along this path of doing gerrymandered maps. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, it’s been practiced for decades by both political parties. But what we’ve seen this year is President Trump take the unprecedented step of actually going to states and saying, I want you to redraw your lines to help Republicans. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So it started in Texas – Trump you know, went and asked the Texas legislature to redraw their lines to give Republicans five additional seats in Congress. But this just keeps escalating, beyond Texas, beyond California. Republicans are pursuing seats through a redraw of maps in Missouri, in redistricting in Kansas, in North Carolina – Democrats have introduced plans to pick up a seat in Maryland. And the Supreme Court is also considering a case about the use of race in drawing congressional maps that could potentially change how gerrymandered maps are challenged in the future.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So in the language of the proposition, it states that this is in response to actions taken in Texas. Can you walk us through what happened in Texas and why it matters here in California? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The House is very closely divided right now, and any alteration to the map, any kind of change to the district lines could really decide the control of Congress in 2026. So Trump went to Texas, pressured them to take this move. Texas responded, redrew their map to help Republicans. As this was happening, Governor Gavin Newsom in California, other Democrats in California, started having meetings and discussing, ‘okay, what can we do to respond to this?’ And ultimately that resulted in Proposition 50. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The legislature voted to put this on the ballot. The key difference between California and Texas is: in California, this change has to happen only with the permission of voters. California has this independent commission that draws district lines. Voters created that system. So it has to be taken to voters if any change is going to be made to that. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music break\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okay, so let’s dig in on what exactly the proposition would do. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This would redraw California’s congressional maps. And it’s worth noting, the commission also draws lines for the state legislature. Those are not being affected at all by Proposition 50. This is just for US congressional maps, House districts. So it’s estimated that these new maps would favor Democrats by helping them pick up up to five new seats that are currently held by Republicans. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In doing so, it puts a pause on the current maps that we have that were created by the Independent Commission back in 2021 and that were really regarded as fair, I think, by a lot of election analysts and that have really created very competitive elections, right? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you draw maps in order to favor one party or the other, you’re gonna result often in fewer competitive elections. And if you compare California to other large states such as Texas, such as Florida, just in the last decade, we’ve had far more competitive House elections than these other states because our lines are not drawn to protect political incumbents. They’re not drawn to help Democrats or Republicans. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so what this Proposition 50 is saying is let’s set aside the independent maps for the 2026, 2028, and 2030 elections and put in place these maps favoring Democrats. The way the measure is written, we’d go back to the citizen redistricting process after 2030 — that’s because there would be a new census in 2030, the commission meets after that and draws new lines for the 2032 elections.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So How exactly does the California Citizens Redistricting Commission create these fairer maps? Like how are they made up? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So the commission itself is made up of 14 members. You have five Democrats, five Republicans, and then four who are not registered with either political party. And so this commission, it’s citizens from around the state who apply, who get chosen to be on the commission. And one of the key metrics or key things that the commission really focuses on is this idea of communities of interest. And I talked to Pedro Toledo, who’s the current chair of the independent commission, and he explained kind of how commissioners think about these communities of interest and why they matter when you’re drawing political maps. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pedro Toledo:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Every community is different. The issues that a community in the Central Valley might care about, maybe water or some of the healthcare issues that are prevalent out there, some of the lack of healthcare, the lack of infrastructure, might be very different in a more urban settings. And that matters because one would hope that the elected official that a community elects would represent those issues in Congress. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> And I’ll note, you know, Princeton University rates the different redistrictings in each state. They gave California a B score on partisan fairness. But if adopted, they say the Proposition 50 maps would get an F. So it gives you a sense of the direction California would be going when it comes to nonpartisan maps. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In theory, you know ,Proposition 50 would replace the work of the commission until 2030. But there is a lot of skepticism, I think, from opponents of this who feel like when is the deescalation going to happen, right? We see states just competing, competing, trying to change their maps in more and more partisan ways. Is California really gonna step away from that and go back to more of an independent system? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So this is really a departure from what was a fairly non partisan way of redistricting to one that is overtly partisan. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Yeah, that’s right. And I think look, even like supporters of Proposition 50 realize that in a vacuum, doing away with citizens drawn maps is unpopular. What I think they would argue is this is not happening in a vacuum. This is happening as part of a wider fight across the country. This battle for control of the House of Representatives, and Democrats who are supporting Prop 50 say: ‘The stakes are too high for us to just simply be focusing on good governance. We need to retake the House of Representatives.’\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What kind of local impacts could this have on the Bay Area? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> One is in Sonoma County, where Sonoma is now gonna be paired with communities in the northern part of the state: Butte County, Tehama County. And really the point there is to take a district, currently the first district that’s controlled by a Republican, and dragging the lines down south into Sonoma County and therefore picking up all of these Democratic voters who live in Sonoma. So that’s a key part of redistricting when you’re trying to do it for partisan gain. You’re trying to bring voters from one party into a new district in hopes that they’ll change the outcome of it. And really the hope is that district would go from currently represented by a Republican to being represented by a Democrat in 2026. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There’s another change that that’s happening in eastern Contra Costa County, where you have a lot of communities around the Carquinez Strait, the northern waterfront – from Martinez, Pittsburgh, Antioch, even across into Solano County, Vallejo that are currently grouped in this district that the commission created back in 2021 with the explicit goal of putting together working class communities that are racially diverse. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They got a lot of input from residents who felt like, you know, communities like Richmond, Vallejo, Pittsburgh, Antioch have a lot in common and should be included in one congressional district to kind of maximize the voice of people living there. So their shared concerns about living around refineries, their shared concerns about means of transportation. If all those voters would be in the same district, whoever wins that seat would have no choice but to listen to the concerns of the community. So that was what the commission thought when they’re creating this 8th district. That district would be broken up under the Proposition 50 map. And the reason is because voters in Antioch and Pittsburgh would be moved into a Central Valley district. The strategy behind that is these are heavily Democratic voters in Pittsburgh and Antioch. They’d be moved into a Central Valley district to help a vulnerable Democratic incumbent have an easier path to re-election. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So there’s two kinds of things at play here with Proposition 50. There’s targeting seats that are currently held by Republicans, trying to flip them to Democratic seats. There’s also seats that Democrats currently hold, but they’re a little bit tenuous. They’re kind of close competitive seats. Proposition 50 would make them less competitive. So give those Democrats an easier path to re-election. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those local impacts are actually really, really interesting, but we don’t actually hear people talking about the local impacts that much. I would say most of the campaigning for this proposition has been about the balance of power in Washington. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Absolutely. And that’s by design. Look, the supporters of Proposition 50 are really framing this as part of the national fight over the House of Representatives, over gerrymandering that’s breaking out in Republican states. And they want to talk about the need to win these House seats for Democrats in order to break Republican hold on power in Washington. And that’s really the argument that you’re hearing coming from the Yes on 50 campaign. The phrase they love to use is ‘you have to fight fire with fire.’ Some of the ads for Proposition 50 don’t even mention redistricting. They highlight a lot of the actions the president have t has taken that are unpopular in California and are basically saying to voters, look, you need we need to stop this, vote yes on Prop 50. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It’s worth noting though that just because you redraw the districts doesn’t mean that somebody automatically wins. I mean, these candidates still have to run. They still have to convince voters to vote for them. So let’s just, you know, slow our roll a little bit, you know. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> That’s a great point. You still actually have to have the campaigns, right? When we talk about redistricting, the end result is just okay, ‘how many Democrats live in this district and how many Republicans.’ But to your point, there still needs to be candidates that are running. There’s still everything that’s happening in the world that influences how people vote in an election. So all of that will still have to play out no matter how Proposition 50 fares. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okay, so we’ve heard a lot about what the yes side is doing. What argument is the no side making? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Well, the no side is really making a good government argument against gerrymandering. They’re supporting the system that we currently have right now, these maps drawn by citizens that are not focusing on helping Republicans or helping Democrats, and they say they want to keep the system that way. Now, that’s not to say that the opponents of Prop 50 don’t have partisan interests in mind. A lot of Republicans are opposing Prop 50 because if this passes, they will probably lose seats in Congress. So there is a lot of partisan interest in the opposition, but the messaging they’re putting out there is really about maintaining this system of good governance that we have. And a key messenger in that is former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>Narrator in advertisement:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The politicians want their power back.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in political advertisement: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That’s what they want to do is take us backwards. That is why it is important to vote no on Proposition 50. Democracy. You’ve got to protect it and we’ve got to go and fight for it. \u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Schwarzenegger was the one who helped create the Independent Commission back in 2008. And he has actually spoken out against Proposition 50. He said he opposes it, basically along the lines of two wrongs don’t make a right, just because Texas and Republican states are gerrymandering, California shouldn’t go down this path. But I’ll say it’s interesting the way in which Schwarzenegger has come out and talked about this. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He spoke at an event at the University of Southern California. He said he’s against Prop 50. He encouraged the no vote. And it was actually the ‘No on 50’ campaign was in the crowd. They were filming it, and they used that video for an advertisement. They scrubbed out the background so it doesn’t say USC anymore, it says No on 50. But that’s interesting because Schwarzenegger himself has been a little bit hesitant to actually engage in the campaign. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He didn’t, you know, meet up with the No on 50 campaign and create that ad. He hasn’t been out barnstorming against Prop 50. And I think that’s because he feels perhaps a little bit uncomfortable in that this has really become a Democratic versus Republican fight. Schwarzenegger does not like President Trump, not a big fan, and he’s always tried to keep a little distance from the Republican Party establishment, especially now. So he probably feels maybe caught in the middle in some way, even as he opposes Prop 50. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okay, let’s talk about campaign finance. What kind of money is being spent on the race and by whom? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lot of big money pouring into this campaign. There’s been more money in support of it than against Prop 50. The yes side has like a two to one financial edge. And you’ve really seen Governor Newsom rally the Democratic establishment to give to Prop 50. We’ve seen major Democratic donors like George Soros, Tom Steyer spend a lot to support Prop 50. We’ve also seen a lot of grassroots energy. There have been small dollar donations from every single state in the country supporting Prop 50, which I do think speaks to like, yes, this is a state ballot measure. But we’re in a year where there’s not much else on the ballot. And this has gotten a lot of attention, I think, from Democrats across the country who again want to feel like they’re a part of something that’s pushing back against the administration. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the no side, it’s really been one big donor opposing Prop 50. That’s Charles Munger Jr. He’s a philanthropist, big Republican donor in the Bay Area. He bankrolled the measures that created the Citizens Commission back in 2008. So I think he feels this is his baby to some extent. He really supports this idea, and he’s putting a lot of money, at this point more than $30 million, to oppose Prop 50. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okay, Guy Marzorati, correspondent on KQED’s California Politics and Government Desk, thanks for breaking this down for us. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Thanks for having me. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a nutshell, a vote yes on Proposition 50 means you want to adopt a new legislatively-drawn districting map that could make it easier for Democrats to win seats in the House of Representatives through 2030. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A vote no on Prop 50 means you want to keep our current map and keep redistricting in the hands of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That’s it for our episode on Prop 50. You can cast your vote in person or by mail. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-content post-body\">\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Right now, voters are being called to the polls or in the era of mail-in ballots to their dining room tables to cast a vote in one single statewide election, Proposition 50. And the political ads are everywhere… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>President Obama in advertisement: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California, the whole nation is counting on you. Democracy is on the ballot Nov. 4. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>Narrator voice: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California voters stopped rigged elections with an independent commission run by citizens. Prop 50 cancels this historic reform. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>Narrator voice: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vota sí a la proposición cincuenta.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Proposition 50 would redistrict California with an eye towards the upcoming midterm elections. And its sponsors don’t mince words. It’s designed to give Democrats the best chance possible to pick up seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Today on Bay Curious, we explore the ins and outs of Proposition 50. By the end, you’ll understand how district maps are drawn, the impacts this proposition would have on the Bay Area, and how this singleton proposition got on the ballot in a year when normally we’d have a break from propositions. Stay with us. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPONSOR\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Today we’re shedding light on California’s Proposition 50. On your ballot, it reads like this. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>Gabriela Glueck: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authorizes temporary changes to congressional district maps in response to Texas’s partisan redistricting. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joining me today is Guy Marzorati, correspondent on KQED’s California Politics and Government Desk. He’s been covering Proposition 50 for KQED. Welcome, Guy. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Thanks so much for having me. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to start with a quick refresher for folks on a few basic concepts related to Proposition 50. First off, what is redistricting? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So redistricting is the drawing of political maps to reflect changes in population. So we know that every state gets divided into congressional districts. These congressional districts have equal size. So California is a big state. We have 52 congressional districts. What happens is we take a measurement of the population, that’s the census, and then when the population changes, people move around. So districts have to change too to make sure they’re still equal sizes. And there’s a couple of different ways you can do redistricting. In a lot of cases, it’s the state legislatures that are drawing maps. And they sometimes have a couple different goals. One is: help whatever party’s in power. That’s called gerrymandering. Basically, when the lines are being drawn to either help Republicans or help Democrats, or in some cases to help everyone who’s in office just stay in office. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So that’s one path. But then there’s another way to do redistricting, which is how we have it in California. And we have a commission of average citizens who get together, take input from residents, and draw districts based on what they’re hearing from people who are living here. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What’s really changing right now in 2025 is we’re seeing this battle over redistricting break out across the country in the middle of a decade, right? We haven’t taken a new census. This is simply different states that are trying to gain partisan advantage in their political maps, either by helping Democrats or helping Republicans. And Prop 50 is in the middle of this national redistricting fight where Democrats in California are trying to redraw the maps to help their party win more seats in Congress. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> And this acceleration of gerrymandering is in part because of some rulings from the Supreme Court that really set the stage for more gerrymandering, right? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That’s right. The Supreme Court has said they don’t really want to wade into fights over partisan redistricting. So they’re not gonna take up challenges to maps that are unquestionably biased towards Republicans or biased towards Democrats. And so what we’ve seen is states continue along this path of doing gerrymandered maps. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, it’s been practiced for decades by both political parties. But what we’ve seen this year is President Trump take the unprecedented step of actually going to states and saying, I want you to redraw your lines to help Republicans. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So it started in Texas – Trump you know, went and asked the Texas legislature to redraw their lines to give Republicans five additional seats in Congress. But this just keeps escalating, beyond Texas, beyond California. Republicans are pursuing seats through a redraw of maps in Missouri, in redistricting in Kansas, in North Carolina – Democrats have introduced plans to pick up a seat in Maryland. And the Supreme Court is also considering a case about the use of race in drawing congressional maps that could potentially change how gerrymandered maps are challenged in the future.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So in the language of the proposition, it states that this is in response to actions taken in Texas. Can you walk us through what happened in Texas and why it matters here in California? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The House is very closely divided right now, and any alteration to the map, any kind of change to the district lines could really decide the control of Congress in 2026. So Trump went to Texas, pressured them to take this move. Texas responded, redrew their map to help Republicans. As this was happening, Governor Gavin Newsom in California, other Democrats in California, started having meetings and discussing, ‘okay, what can we do to respond to this?’ And ultimately that resulted in Proposition 50. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The legislature voted to put this on the ballot. The key difference between California and Texas is: in California, this change has to happen only with the permission of voters. California has this independent commission that draws district lines. Voters created that system. So it has to be taken to voters if any change is going to be made to that. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music break\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okay, so let’s dig in on what exactly the proposition would do. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This would redraw California’s congressional maps. And it’s worth noting, the commission also draws lines for the state legislature. Those are not being affected at all by Proposition 50. This is just for US congressional maps, House districts. So it’s estimated that these new maps would favor Democrats by helping them pick up up to five new seats that are currently held by Republicans. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In doing so, it puts a pause on the current maps that we have that were created by the Independent Commission back in 2021 and that were really regarded as fair, I think, by a lot of election analysts and that have really created very competitive elections, right? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you draw maps in order to favor one party or the other, you’re gonna result often in fewer competitive elections. And if you compare California to other large states such as Texas, such as Florida, just in the last decade, we’ve had far more competitive House elections than these other states because our lines are not drawn to protect political incumbents. They’re not drawn to help Democrats or Republicans. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so what this Proposition 50 is saying is let’s set aside the independent maps for the 2026, 2028, and 2030 elections and put in place these maps favoring Democrats. The way the measure is written, we’d go back to the citizen redistricting process after 2030 — that’s because there would be a new census in 2030, the commission meets after that and draws new lines for the 2032 elections.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So How exactly does the California Citizens Redistricting Commission create these fairer maps? Like how are they made up? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So the commission itself is made up of 14 members. You have five Democrats, five Republicans, and then four who are not registered with either political party. And so this commission, it’s citizens from around the state who apply, who get chosen to be on the commission. And one of the key metrics or key things that the commission really focuses on is this idea of communities of interest. And I talked to Pedro Toledo, who’s the current chair of the independent commission, and he explained kind of how commissioners think about these communities of interest and why they matter when you’re drawing political maps. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pedro Toledo:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Every community is different. The issues that a community in the Central Valley might care about, maybe water or some of the healthcare issues that are prevalent out there, some of the lack of healthcare, the lack of infrastructure, might be very different in a more urban settings. And that matters because one would hope that the elected official that a community elects would represent those issues in Congress. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> And I’ll note, you know, Princeton University rates the different redistrictings in each state. They gave California a B score on partisan fairness. But if adopted, they say the Proposition 50 maps would get an F. So it gives you a sense of the direction California would be going when it comes to nonpartisan maps. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In theory, you know ,Proposition 50 would replace the work of the commission until 2030. But there is a lot of skepticism, I think, from opponents of this who feel like when is the deescalation going to happen, right? We see states just competing, competing, trying to change their maps in more and more partisan ways. Is California really gonna step away from that and go back to more of an independent system? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So this is really a departure from what was a fairly non partisan way of redistricting to one that is overtly partisan. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Yeah, that’s right. And I think look, even like supporters of Proposition 50 realize that in a vacuum, doing away with citizens drawn maps is unpopular. What I think they would argue is this is not happening in a vacuum. This is happening as part of a wider fight across the country. This battle for control of the House of Representatives, and Democrats who are supporting Prop 50 say: ‘The stakes are too high for us to just simply be focusing on good governance. We need to retake the House of Representatives.’\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What kind of local impacts could this have on the Bay Area? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> One is in Sonoma County, where Sonoma is now gonna be paired with communities in the northern part of the state: Butte County, Tehama County. And really the point there is to take a district, currently the first district that’s controlled by a Republican, and dragging the lines down south into Sonoma County and therefore picking up all of these Democratic voters who live in Sonoma. So that’s a key part of redistricting when you’re trying to do it for partisan gain. You’re trying to bring voters from one party into a new district in hopes that they’ll change the outcome of it. And really the hope is that district would go from currently represented by a Republican to being represented by a Democrat in 2026. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There’s another change that that’s happening in eastern Contra Costa County, where you have a lot of communities around the Carquinez Strait, the northern waterfront – from Martinez, Pittsburgh, Antioch, even across into Solano County, Vallejo that are currently grouped in this district that the commission created back in 2021 with the explicit goal of putting together working class communities that are racially diverse. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They got a lot of input from residents who felt like, you know, communities like Richmond, Vallejo, Pittsburgh, Antioch have a lot in common and should be included in one congressional district to kind of maximize the voice of people living there. So their shared concerns about living around refineries, their shared concerns about means of transportation. If all those voters would be in the same district, whoever wins that seat would have no choice but to listen to the concerns of the community. So that was what the commission thought when they’re creating this 8th district. That district would be broken up under the Proposition 50 map. And the reason is because voters in Antioch and Pittsburgh would be moved into a Central Valley district. The strategy behind that is these are heavily Democratic voters in Pittsburgh and Antioch. They’d be moved into a Central Valley district to help a vulnerable Democratic incumbent have an easier path to re-election. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So there’s two kinds of things at play here with Proposition 50. There’s targeting seats that are currently held by Republicans, trying to flip them to Democratic seats. There’s also seats that Democrats currently hold, but they’re a little bit tenuous. They’re kind of close competitive seats. Proposition 50 would make them less competitive. So give those Democrats an easier path to re-election. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those local impacts are actually really, really interesting, but we don’t actually hear people talking about the local impacts that much. I would say most of the campaigning for this proposition has been about the balance of power in Washington. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Absolutely. And that’s by design. Look, the supporters of Proposition 50 are really framing this as part of the national fight over the House of Representatives, over gerrymandering that’s breaking out in Republican states. And they want to talk about the need to win these House seats for Democrats in order to break Republican hold on power in Washington. And that’s really the argument that you’re hearing coming from the Yes on 50 campaign. The phrase they love to use is ‘you have to fight fire with fire.’ Some of the ads for Proposition 50 don’t even mention redistricting. They highlight a lot of the actions the president have t has taken that are unpopular in California and are basically saying to voters, look, you need we need to stop this, vote yes on Prop 50. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It’s worth noting though that just because you redraw the districts doesn’t mean that somebody automatically wins. I mean, these candidates still have to run. They still have to convince voters to vote for them. So let’s just, you know, slow our roll a little bit, you know. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> That’s a great point. You still actually have to have the campaigns, right? When we talk about redistricting, the end result is just okay, ‘how many Democrats live in this district and how many Republicans.’ But to your point, there still needs to be candidates that are running. There’s still everything that’s happening in the world that influences how people vote in an election. So all of that will still have to play out no matter how Proposition 50 fares. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okay, so we’ve heard a lot about what the yes side is doing. What argument is the no side making? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Well, the no side is really making a good government argument against gerrymandering. They’re supporting the system that we currently have right now, these maps drawn by citizens that are not focusing on helping Republicans or helping Democrats, and they say they want to keep the system that way. Now, that’s not to say that the opponents of Prop 50 don’t have partisan interests in mind. A lot of Republicans are opposing Prop 50 because if this passes, they will probably lose seats in Congress. So there is a lot of partisan interest in the opposition, but the messaging they’re putting out there is really about maintaining this system of good governance that we have. And a key messenger in that is former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>Narrator in advertisement:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The politicians want their power back.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in political advertisement: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That’s what they want to do is take us backwards. That is why it is important to vote no on Proposition 50. Democracy. You’ve got to protect it and we’ve got to go and fight for it. \u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Schwarzenegger was the one who helped create the Independent Commission back in 2008. And he has actually spoken out against Proposition 50. He said he opposes it, basically along the lines of two wrongs don’t make a right, just because Texas and Republican states are gerrymandering, California shouldn’t go down this path. But I’ll say it’s interesting the way in which Schwarzenegger has come out and talked about this. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He spoke at an event at the University of Southern California. He said he’s against Prop 50. He encouraged the no vote. And it was actually the ‘No on 50’ campaign was in the crowd. They were filming it, and they used that video for an advertisement. They scrubbed out the background so it doesn’t say USC anymore, it says No on 50. 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What kind of money is being spent on the race and by whom? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lot of big money pouring into this campaign. There’s been more money in support of it than against Prop 50. The yes side has like a two to one financial edge. And you’ve really seen Governor Newsom rally the Democratic establishment to give to Prop 50. We’ve seen major Democratic donors like George Soros, Tom Steyer spend a lot to support Prop 50. We’ve also seen a lot of grassroots energy. There have been small dollar donations from every single state in the country supporting Prop 50, which I do think speaks to like, yes, this is a state ballot measure. But we’re in a year where there’s not much else on the ballot. And this has gotten a lot of attention, I think, from Democrats across the country who again want to feel like they’re a part of something that’s pushing back against the administration. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the no side, it’s really been one big donor opposing Prop 50. That’s Charles Munger Jr. He’s a philanthropist, big Republican donor in the Bay Area. He bankrolled the measures that created the Citizens Commission back in 2008. So I think he feels this is his baby to some extent. He really supports this idea, and he’s putting a lot of money, at this point more than $30 million, to oppose Prop 50. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okay, Guy Marzorati, correspondent on KQED’s California Politics and Government Desk, thanks for breaking this down for us. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guy Marzorati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Thanks for having me. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a nutshell, a vote yes on Proposition 50 means you want to adopt a new legislatively-drawn districting map that could make it easier for Democrats to win seats in the House of Representatives through 2030. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A vote no on Prop 50 means you want to keep our current map and keep redistricting in the hands of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That’s it for our episode on Prop 50. You can cast your vote in person or by mail. Registered voters should have received their ballots by now, and those must be filled out and postmarked on or before November 4th. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our show is made in San Francisco at Member Supported KQED. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bay Curious is made by Gabriela Glueck, Christopher Beale, Olivia Allen-Price, and me, Katrina Schwartz, with extra support Maha Sanad, Katie Sprenger, Jen Chien, Ethan Toven-Lindsey and everyone on Team KQED. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by the Screen Actors Guild American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, San Francisco, Northern California local.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I’m Katrina Schwartz. 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That litigation is ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, Trump recently doubled down on his comments, saying he could invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy troops in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to go to San Francisco,” Trump said in an interview on Sunday on Fox News. “The difference is I think they want us in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Fielder’s motion on Tuesday to ask the mayor about the city’s plans for responding to federal law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Trump’s] comments about our city should not be taken lightly,” Fielder said at the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s response to the board was built on a statement he released Monday, where — in a departure from his usual strategy of avoiding the topic — the mayor said issues such as outdoor drug dealing will not improve with military personnel on the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059236\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/NationalGuardPortlandAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/NationalGuardPortlandAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/NationalGuardPortlandAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/NationalGuardPortlandAP-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A protester is arrested by police and federal officers outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon, on Oct. 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I am deeply grateful to the members of our military for their service to our country, but the National Guard does not have the authority to arrest drug dealers — and sending them to San Francisco will do nothing to get fentanyl off the streets or make our city safer,” Lurie said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As tensions escalate, Lurie has yet to mention Trump directly. 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San Francisco is also a sanctuary city, meaning local officials can not aid ICE officials, but the city also cannot interfere with ICE operations, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiu on Wednesday echoed Lurie in pointing out that San Francisco has seen “historic drops in crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Needlessly and haphazardly deploying the military to American cities makes us all less safe,” Chiu said. “These deployments inflame tensions, undermine local law enforcement and harm local economies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s escalation of threats to bring troops to San Francisco arrived shortly after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059728/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-sf-mayor-scrap-event-after-national-guard-comment\">Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff\u003c/a> praised the president and called for the National Guard in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials such as District Attorney Brooke Jenkins were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060033/trump-calls-out-san-francisco-as-next-target-for-national-guard-deployment\">quick to fire back at Benioff’s remarks\u003c/a>, which he shared with the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> just prior to his company’s major technology conference, called Dreamforce, in downtown San Francisco last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benioff later \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060384/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-walks-back-call-for-national-guard-to-san-francisco\">walked back and apologized for his remarks\u003c/a>, after multiple celebrities dropped out of the conference and venture capitalist Ron Conway resigned from the Salesforce philanthropic arm. 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And this is an actionable thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040807\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040807\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California State Capitol in Sacramento on May 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And people get what Proposition 50’s about, he said — something the Yes on 50 campaign wasn’t sure would be the case when they started this truncated campaign this summer. It’s a complicated argument, he noted: Democrats need to not only explain redistricting to voters, but also convince them that Proposition 50 won’t eliminate the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050983/californias-political-maps-are-drawn-independently-will-newsom-change-that\">popular Independent Restricting Commission\u003c/a>. Instead, it would only table the commission’s work until after the 2030 census.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, the Yes side needed to convince the electorate of their why: The ballot measure is needed to help ensure Trump doesn’t remain in control of all branches of government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we first started, we were like, ‘This is gonna be tough from a persuasion perspective to not only convince independent voters or no party preference voters, but Democrats, that this is the right thing to do.’ And usually, in ballot measures in particular, complexity kills, simplicity sells — and this wasn’t simple,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But people get it, he said, noting that the campaign’s polling shows awareness of the measure above 80%. The national attention it garnered, especially when Texas Democrats fled their state to delay the passage of new Republican maps, was helpful, DeBoo said.[aside postID=news_12060266 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_Redistrict-Antioch-_-10_qed.jpg']But Jessica Millan Patterson, who is chairing the No Campaign and previously ran the state Republican Party, said the Democratic strategy of attacking Trump is tired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t have a playbook. They have one play and they play that every single time,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patterson said a large swath of the electorate remains undecided and a range of voters — including disaffected Democrats and independents — are open to the argument the No side is making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is far less partisan, despite what the Yes side is trying to do,” she said. “We talk about these lines that have been drawn by Democrats in a back room with very little public participation and D.C. lobbyists and map drawers that no one can name, that is when people are like this is fishy, this is shady, and I don’t want anything to do with it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So while Democrats lean into Proposition 50 as an answer to Trump, Patterson said Republicans — just like in the 2021 recall campaign — are banking on Newsom’s unpopularity with more conservative voters. The message:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gavin Newsom is redrawing these districts as a partisan power grab, not because he’s trying to fix a problem because we didn’t have a problem to fix,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a smart move, said GOP strategist Rob Stutzman, who is not involved in either campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057844\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057844\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GettyImages-2231339599-1-scaled-e1760027449708.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican Assembly member James Gallagher speaks during a press conference ahead of a meeting of the California State Assembly at the California State Capitol on Aug. 21, 2025, in Sacramento, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Newsom isn’t just unpopular with Republicans, he actually triggers them,” said Stutzman, president of Stutzman Public Affairs. “The Republican motivation on this is Newsom. As much as you’re getting Democrats to turn out to vote against Trump, the Republican turnout mechanism is Newsom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeBoo didn’t disagree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Republicans are pretty dug in,” he said “They may not be Trump people, but they have their feelings about Democratic leadership.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stutzman said both sides’ tactics make sense. Democrats, who hold a 20 point registration advantage over Republicans in the state, are simply trying to turn out their base and capitalize on Trump’s highly negative reputation here. Republicans are trying to shore up their base and attract other voters who are turned off by Newsom. The governor’s \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9f06d6p8\">approval rating\u003c/a> in an August poll was 51% — up from 46% in the spring and largely driven by Democrats and independent voters excited by his aggressive posture against Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just 9% of GOP voters gave the governor high marks in that poll — compared to 77% of Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have a huge plurality of Democrat voters that they just want to turn out,” Stutzman said. “It’s what we call a base election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats may have also benefited politically from something that didn’t happen: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/arnold-schwarzenegger\">Former Gov. 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Arnold Schwarzenegger at Town and Gown of USC on Sept. 15, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Stutzman said Schwarzenegger’s lukewarm involvement — he has spoken out against the measure \u003ca href=\"https://deadline.com/2025/10/real-time-arnold-schwarzenegger-slams-prop-50-big-scam-1236591112/\">on TV \u003c/a>and at at least \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-15/schwarzenegger-newsom-ballot-proposal-gerrymandering-charlie-kirk-usc-democracy\">one event\u003c/a>, but not worked with the No on 50 campaign — makes sense given he’s not a fan of the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Schwarzenegger is a critic of Trump, so he’s not exactly gonna feed the Republican base or be the face that they necessarily want to see, even though they may agree with him on this,” said Stutzman, who worked for Schwarzenegger when he was governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the No side has been able to use Schwarzenegger’s appearances in their advertising, which Stutzman said could still be an effective tool in attracting some centrist or independent voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early ballot returns show equal shares of Democrats and Republicans have already cast their votes early — but with the Democrats’ numerical advantage, that amounts to nearly twice as many votes for redistricting so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who haven’t voted yet will surely be hearing more about Proposition 50 as Nov. 4 approaches. It’s already ranking as one of the most \u003ca href=\"https://news.ballotpedia.org/2025/10/14/california-proposition-50-ranks-as-the-seventh-most-expensive-ballot-measure-in-state-history-with-139-9-million-raised/\">expensive\u003c/a> ballot fights in state history — with nearly $150 million raised on both sides — and there are still several weeks left until voting ends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While voters are deciding whether to approve new maps, it may feel more like they’re really being asked to choose between Newsom and Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The overall messaging is this a measure that fights back against Trump and his policies,” said Yes on 50 senior adviser Jim DeBoo, who was Newsom’s chief of staff during the recall. “There’s a lot of similarities to the recall … The difference is, Democrats in the recall begrudgingly voted no. They were like, why are we doing this?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time, DeBoo said, the intensity among supporters is real — and it’s not just Democrats, but also a significant number of \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9f06d6p8\">independent\u003c/a> voters who are motivated to come out and vote against Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is like anger and excitement, where the recall is just anger,” he said, adding that critics of the president have been looking for a way to push back on this Washington. “Most people who have an aversion to the administration don’t have a lot of actionable things they can do. And this is an actionable thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040807\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040807\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California State Capitol in Sacramento on May 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And people get what Proposition 50’s about, he said — something the Yes on 50 campaign wasn’t sure would be the case when they started this truncated campaign this summer. It’s a complicated argument, he noted: Democrats need to not only explain redistricting to voters, but also convince them that Proposition 50 won’t eliminate the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050983/californias-political-maps-are-drawn-independently-will-newsom-change-that\">popular Independent Restricting Commission\u003c/a>. Instead, it would only table the commission’s work until after the 2030 census.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, the Yes side needed to convince the electorate of their why: The ballot measure is needed to help ensure Trump doesn’t remain in control of all branches of government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we first started, we were like, ‘This is gonna be tough from a persuasion perspective to not only convince independent voters or no party preference voters, but Democrats, that this is the right thing to do.’ And usually, in ballot measures in particular, complexity kills, simplicity sells — and this wasn’t simple,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But people get it, he said, noting that the campaign’s polling shows awareness of the measure above 80%. The national attention it garnered, especially when Texas Democrats fled their state to delay the passage of new Republican maps, was helpful, DeBoo said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But Jessica Millan Patterson, who is chairing the No Campaign and previously ran the state Republican Party, said the Democratic strategy of attacking Trump is tired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t have a playbook. They have one play and they play that every single time,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patterson said a large swath of the electorate remains undecided and a range of voters — including disaffected Democrats and independents — are open to the argument the No side is making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is far less partisan, despite what the Yes side is trying to do,” she said. “We talk about these lines that have been drawn by Democrats in a back room with very little public participation and D.C. lobbyists and map drawers that no one can name, that is when people are like this is fishy, this is shady, and I don’t want anything to do with it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So while Democrats lean into Proposition 50 as an answer to Trump, Patterson said Republicans — just like in the 2021 recall campaign — are banking on Newsom’s unpopularity with more conservative voters. The message:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gavin Newsom is redrawing these districts as a partisan power grab, not because he’s trying to fix a problem because we didn’t have a problem to fix,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a smart move, said GOP strategist Rob Stutzman, who is not involved in either campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057844\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057844\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GettyImages-2231339599-1-scaled-e1760027449708.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican Assembly member James Gallagher speaks during a press conference ahead of a meeting of the California State Assembly at the California State Capitol on Aug. 21, 2025, in Sacramento, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Newsom isn’t just unpopular with Republicans, he actually triggers them,” said Stutzman, president of Stutzman Public Affairs. “The Republican motivation on this is Newsom. As much as you’re getting Democrats to turn out to vote against Trump, the Republican turnout mechanism is Newsom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeBoo didn’t disagree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Republicans are pretty dug in,” he said “They may not be Trump people, but they have their feelings about Democratic leadership.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stutzman said both sides’ tactics make sense. Democrats, who hold a 20 point registration advantage over Republicans in the state, are simply trying to turn out their base and capitalize on Trump’s highly negative reputation here. Republicans are trying to shore up their base and attract other voters who are turned off by Newsom. The governor’s \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9f06d6p8\">approval rating\u003c/a> in an August poll was 51% — up from 46% in the spring and largely driven by Democrats and independent voters excited by his aggressive posture against Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just 9% of GOP voters gave the governor high marks in that poll — compared to 77% of Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have a huge plurality of Democrat voters that they just want to turn out,” Stutzman said. “It’s what we call a base election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats may have also benefited politically from something that didn’t happen: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/arnold-schwarzenegger\">Former Gov. 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