{"id":2976,"date":"2025-10-16T00:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T00:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2025-10-16T00:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T00:20:14","slug":"watch-obama-begs-california-voters-to-back-newsoms-power-grab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=2976","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Obama Begs California Voters To Back Newsom\u2019s \u2018Power Grab\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Former President Barack Obama is begging California voters to back Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s gerrymandering bill in a desperate attempt to counter redistricting efforts in Republican-controlled states. The GOP-led redistricting efforts were launched in response to a \u201ccensus error\u201d that undercounted predominantly red states, thus costing congressional seats and electoral votes, as well as Democrat-led gerrymandering in stated like Illinois and Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Texas formally introduced a mid-decade redraw of its confessional maps that phased out five districts currently controlled by Democrats, Newsom responded by announcing that California would be doing the same. The California governor\u2019s plan is controversial, as the new Texas maps will bring the state within the margin of California\u2019s current maps, where Republicans control just 17 percent of available seats despite the fact that 40 percent of voters broke for the GOP in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For comparison, the proposed Texas maps allow Democrats to control 21 percent of the available seats after receiving 42 percent of the vote. Newsom\u2019s proposed changes \u2014 which will require an amendment to the state\u2019s constitution and a special election \u2014 will leave just four Republican-controlled districts out of 52 total seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voting in the special election opened last week, prompting former President Obama to release a video statement in support of the measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cCalifornia, the whole nation is counting on you. Democracy is on the ballot November 4th,\u201d the former president said in a video statement uploaded to X. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRepublicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the next election and wield unchecked power for two more years. Prop 50, you can stop Republicans in their tracks,\u201d he added.  Obama went on to claim that the bill would \u201cpreserve independent redistricting\u201d before pleading with voters to vote in favor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ad was paid for by \u201cYes on 50, The Election Rigging Response Act and Governor Newsom\u2019s Ballot Measure Committee,\u201d according to text at the conclusion of the video. Credits added that \u201cHMP for Prop 50,\u201d \u201cFund for Policy Reform\u201d and the California Teachers Association were the ad committee\u2019s \u201ctop funders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

California redistricting efforts have raised millions of dollars in outside funding, as the measure\u2019s success or failure could prove decisive in determining control of the U.S. House of Representatives next November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Texas, Missouri also recently\u00a0adopted new maps that phased out one Democrat-controlled district in the Kansas City area. GOP-dominated Ohio is also set to redraw maps in accordance with standard redistricting, while Kansas, Florida, South Carolina, Indiana and as of Wednesday, North Carolina, are among the Republican-controlled states that are in the early stages of considering mid-decade redistricting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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