"President Gavin Newsom, needing to make up those 11 electors in a re-election campaign against Donald Trump Jr while also defending his party's slender lead in the House, calls California's Democratic leadership. Texas will already gain four seats, he tells them."
"Very little in this scenario is fanciful. If population trends continue, Sun belt migration will cost blue states a dozen seats in the US House. Newsom will be a favorite for the Democratic nomination. Texas and Florida will gain additional seats, no gerrymander required. And the partisan calculus in 2031 could look a lot like it does in 2025: without a big boost from California, Democrats might not have any hope"
"Newsom and other proponents of California's proposition 50 a measure that would allow Democrats to redraw the state's congressional districts insist that they are only asking voters to replace California's bipartisan commission-drawn map as a temporary solution to an urgent crisis within American democracy. The 48-4 map, they promise, is purely retaliatory, and designed to restore partisan balance and match the five seats stolen first by Texas. The commission designed to ensure fair districts would supposedly be restored to power after the 2"
By 2031, population shifts cause California to lose four House seats while Texas gains four, and several blue states surrender electoral votes to red states. President Gavin Newsom urges California Democrats to draw a 47-1 or 48-4 congressional map to reclaim seats and shore up Democratic prospects in a close House and presidential contest against Donald Trump Jr. Proponents frame the map as a temporary, retaliatory measure to counter seat losses from reapportionment and protect national Democratic power. Without significant California support, Democrats risk losing the House and the presidency as Sun Belt gains continue.
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