Schwarzenegger on redistricting push: Parties ‘trying to outcheat each other’
A recent Emerson College Polling survey finds 57% of likely California voters support Proposition 50 to temporarily adjust congressional maps for fair representation.
- Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized parties' efforts to redraw congressional districts to gain electoral advantage, describing it as 'trying to outcheat each other'.
- Schwarzenegger, who backed independent redistricting in California, said the 'race to redistrict before the midterms' saddens him and called for fair maps that respect communities.
- The League of Women Voters and Common Cause criticized a California ballot measure that would allow partisan redistricting, saying it 'undermines democracy' and 'weakens the political power of the people'.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger dismisses Newsom argument that redistricting effort is temporary as 'total fantasy'
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger dismissed current Gov. Gavin Newsom's argument that the proposed redistricting in the state was temporary, calling the notion "total fantasy.""I think when he — when they say this is temporary, there is no such thing. I mean, the longest programs are government programs that are temporary. Okay, just remember that if this is a tax program or if it is the redistricting program, anything that is tempora…
Prop. 50 won’t solve much, but it will break things
If one believes the polls, it seems that Proposition 50 will pass quite comfortably on election day. On Friday, Emerson College Polling released the results of its recent survey of likely voters. A resounding 57% of such voters indicated they support the proposal to gerrymander the state to disadvantage Republicans for the next three congressional elections. Just 37% of voters oppose it. This is consistent with polling from CBS News and YouGov …
Schwarzenegger urges Californians to oppose Democratic redistricting ballot measure, as GOP presses on in other states
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger denounced congressional redistricting efforts happening across the United States, describing them as cheating in an interview airing on “CNN’s State of the Union” on Sunday.
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