Prop 50 is certainly good for Newsom and his party, but it is bad for California. AP

Governor Gavin Newsom will soon almost certainly be celebrating the passage of Proposition 50, a referendum to cast aside the state’s “independent” congressional map in favor of one drawn by Democrats, for Democrats.

Prop 50 is certainly good for Newsom and his party, but it is bad for California. And it highlights the lack of political accountability in the once-Golden State, which suffers some of the worst governance in America.

Newsom sold Prop 50 to the electorate using the same tactics he deployed to survive the 2021 recall vote: he told Democrats that if he lost, President Donald Trump and his supporters would win.

Prop 50 actually disenfranchises millions of Californians, but Newsom convinced

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