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Nick Visser

Californians wary yet supportive of proposal to redraw voting maps: ‘This is a tactical measure’

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A protester holds a sign supporting Proposition 50 during a demonstration to protest against immigration enforcement actions in Los Angeles on 4 October. Photograph: Daniel Cole/Reuters

California is set to vote on a new congressional map in November, part of a plan by the governor, Gavin Newsom, and state Democrats to deliver up to five new Democrat-held seats in the US Congress.

The plan is a direct effort to counter a Republican-led push in Texas, which will give the GOP a five-seat advantage in the upcoming midterms.

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