Why is Newsom redistributing a moral conflict for the Democrats of CA

From Jean QuangCalmness

This story was originally published by CalmattersS Register about their ballots.

As the Republicans lacked California’s legislators that they rushed through their efforts to Germander on the state’s congress map, the Democrats face a greater anger in their own party.

In order to oppose what they call president Donald TrumpUnsmocratic power for republican places in Texas, they ask the voters to temporarily dig The Non -Party Process of Drawing Cards in California -Reclaminated as a national gold standard for fair election and good governance-the benefit of a politician map to tilt the places for the benefit of the Democrats.

Of the urns they will have to overcome not only Republican opponents But also some Democrats and independent voters who say that California should not respond to the guerrilla Germander in Texas with the same frowning tactics at home.

“This is the kind of moral conflict that, if it goes to the newsletter, every voter in California will face,” says Sarah Sadhawani, a professor of political sciences, a Democrat and a former member of the independent state redistribution committee, at a hearing on the measures on Tuesday.

Sadhawani helped to draw up the existing congress map of the state when it sat on the committee with the colleagues Democrats, Republicans and Independent after the census in 2020. Now it is one of the government Gavin NewsomThe guerrilla redistributes the most vocal supporters of effort.

Testimiting the plan on Tuesday, she said legislators should respond to “extreme attacks against our major democratic principles” in Texas and other red countries that are considering redirecting their own maps.

“It does not bring me the joy of seeing the cards that we passed fairly from the committee to be thrown aside,” she said. “I believe this is a necessary step in a much more battle to strengthen free and honest choices in our nation.”

But even when Democrats at state and congress levels accept the plan as a response to voters who seek to the party to expose the resistance against Trump, there is Democratic concerns throughout the countryS

On the other side of the problem in auditory rooms were not Republicans who vowed to fight Newsom through court cases and the urn. Instead, the opponents presented members of previous non -party redistribution committees: Jean Raya and Cynthia Dai, who are Democrats, and Connie Archbold Robinson, independent, testify to the measures.

“Our citizens in other parts of the country, who are kept hostage by politicians who do not represent their interests, have seen California as an alternative as a model,” Robinson said. “If we dug the great work we did there, then not only do we lose our confidence, these efforts are actually incorporated and turned.”

Voters supported independent redistribution

The voters added the non -partisan process to redirect California’s political cards to the State Constitution with a slim margin in 2008. In 2010, they approved using the same independent system for making new cards in Congress, just as Republicans nationally agitated for the transfer of state legislative authorities For the purposes of making more Goop House seats in states such as Wisconsin, North Carolina and Michigan.

Three other countries use a similar process as California to draw congress maps, but just over half of all countries give this power directly to their legislative authorities, which means that the party in power can tilt the places to its advantage.

The current Congress card in California gave a slight advantage to the Democrats. But while Trump and Vice President J. He maintained competitive areas that GOP had managed to win or hold significant battles – areas that would be eliminated under guerrilla voters on the map could probably weigh this fall.

Throughout the country, democratic voters are superior to Republicans nearly 2 to 1. Recent vote Displays voters prefer independent redistribution with approximately the same margin.

California vs Texas

In order to sell the public redistribution measure, the Democrats leaned strongly at its establishment as a struggle against Trump – and, ironically, in favor of more righteous elections throughout the country. The Democrats ‘Election Committee are recruiting former card cherries whether it would ever be acceptable for them to attract new areas for political reasons and whether California should avenge Texas’ efforts.

“Texas is actively reducing its own competitive number of seats,” said Senator Sabrina Cervantes, a democrat of the river. “So then do you expect our communities to remain silent while their votes are taken away from Washington?”

Paradise stressed that she also opposed both the Trump administration and the Republican efforts for Gerimander in Texas, which she called “reprimand”.

“We live with … the despair that people have about the current political climate,” she said. “For me, this is not about declaring emergency cases and now what to do? It’s every day, we have to do something to get the system to do what we need to do today is to protect the independent, non -partyness of the drawings.”

But its members of the Senate party have stated that it is not Time to go highS

“I will talk about ourselves, the conditions are fulfilled for us to take action,” said Senate President Monique Lemon, Democrat from Santa Barbara, former commissioners. “I have extreme respect and recognition of the work that you all do to protect our democracy.”

This article was Originally Published on CalMatters and was reissued under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Noderivatives License.