Barack Obama joins fight for US House control, urges vote for California districts to counter Trump
Proposition 50 aims to add up to five Democratic House seats by redrawing districts, countering Republican efforts led by President Trump, with voting ending Nov. 4.
- Barack Obama appears in a 30-second ad urging California voters to approve Proposition 50, which could add up to five Democrat-held House seats in California.
- Proposition 50 aims to reshape California's congressional districts to gain Democratic House control against President Donald Trump's efforts to secure Republican seats.
- Governor Gavin Newsom has characterized the election as a referendum on Trump, maintaining that he is unpopular in liberal California outside his conservative base.
- Republicans claim that the proposal represents a power grab, which could potentially increase Democratic seats in California's congressional delegation from 43 to 48.
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Barack Obama Endorses Prop 50, ‘Democracy Is On The Ballot’ – California Globe
Former President Barack Obama has released a 30-second ad urging Californians to vote “yes” on Prop 50, a $250 million ballot measure that would “temporarily” eliminate a democratically-elected, bipartisan redistricting commission and hand unilateral control of the state’s redistricting to the Democratic supermajority in the state legislature. According to Barack Obama, overthrowing prior elections, unilateral control, and gerrymandering is “lev…
Barack Obama Put Out a Prop 50 Ad to EliminateCA GOP Voters
In a new video, Barack Obama is telling Californians to vote for Prop 50 to redistrict Republicans almost out of existence. Instead of having nine seats out of 52, they could end up with two to four in a state where Republicans have nearly 40% of the voting population. Most blue states have done exactly […] The post Barack Obama Put Out a Prop 50 Ad to EliminateCA GOP Voters appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.
Obama: Republicans Are Trying to 'Rig the Next Election'
Former President Obama is entering the fight for US House control by appearing in a 30-second ad urging California voters to approve a November ballot proposal that could add as many as five Democrat-held House seats in the state, per the AP . Proposition 50 would dramatically reshape California's congressional districts...
Obama appears in ad urging CA voters to approve Prop. 50, joining fight for US House control
Barack Obama is entering the fight for U.S. House control by appearing in a 30-second ad urging California voters to approve a November ballot proposal that could add as many as five Democrat-held House seats in California.
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