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lostincalifornia

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3. Anyone who thinks the California redistricting is a slam dunk is fooling themselves. There are major big money
Tue Aug 19, 2025, 09:49 AM
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donors pushing to have this defeated.

Many may not be aware of what happened with Prop 8 in 2008, which was an amendment intended to ban same-sex marriage in the state Constitution. It passed, largely because of significant financial support from the Mormon Church, and other extreme right wing groups, and their distorted advertising bombarding the airwaves. Of course the wording of the Proposition didn't help either.

In order for this to happen, and to offset what Texas is doing, there needs to be a massive turnout in a non-election year, and huge republican money is working to get it defeated.

It can be done, but only if people get out and vote.



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