The Proposition 50 statewide congressional redistricting measure on the Nov. 4 ballot is gaining strong support from California voters who are showing unusual awareness about it for an off-year special election, according to a new poll Thursday.

The Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll completed a week before Election Day found 60% of likely voters in support and 38% opposed to the measure that would temporarily replace California’s independently drawn congressional district maps with new ones that would make five currently represented by Republicans more likely to elect a Democratic candidate.

Opinions were strongly partisan, with 93% of Democrats in favor and 91% of Republicans opposed. Among those who said they already had voted in a state that mailed out ballots to all

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