Obama backs California’s Proposition 50 to counter Texas redistricting

Barack Obama: ‘California, the whole nation is counting on you,’ Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images

In a new ad released on Tuesday, Barack Obama urged California voters to support Proposition 50, a November ballot measure that could reshape the state’s congressional map and deliver up to five new Democratic seats in the US House.

“California, the whole nation is counting on you,” the former two-term Democratic president says in the video. “Democracy is on the ballot.”