A new poll shows that California voters want to keep the state’s independent redistricting commission, even as Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) pushes to shift that power to the state’s Democratic-controlled legislature.
Newsom aims to redraw California’s political maps in a way that benefits Democrats, countering President Donald Trump’s push for Texas lawmakers to do the same in favor of Republicans.
A POLITICO–Citrin Center–Possibility Lab survey found that only 36% of registered California voters support giving congressional redistricting authority back to state lawmakers, while 64% want to keep the independent commission in place.
