California has passed a ballot measure that will redraw the boundaries of electoral districts to favour the Democrats in next year’s critical midterm elections in a counterattack against United States President Donald Trump ’s gerrymandering in Republican states.

Early results from Tuesday’s vote showed voters approved Proposition 50 by a margin of two-to-one in what was seen as a big victory for Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom , boosting his party’s chances of winning control of the US Congress in next year’s poll and hence thwarting Trump’s agenda.

The approval of the measure means Democrats might win as many as five additional seats in the House, offsetting the five that Texas Republicans are looking to pick up after Trump urged them to redraw their own maps. Republicans also e

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