DSA San Diego has voted to endorse and campaign for Proposition 50, which will be on the California ballot for a special election on November 4, 2025. If it passes, Prop. 50 would implement a temporary redistricting of California’s Congressional seats to counteract Republican gerrymandering by redrawing five Republican seats to favor Democrats until the 2030 census. After the 2030 census, California’s independent redistricting commission would resume drawing our Congressional maps.
As the Trump regime continues to deploy the military against the American people, it is also trying to consolidate minoritarian right-wing rule via Congressional gerrymandering efforts in Texas, Missouri, and Florida. If left unchecked, this would give Trump a blank check for the foreseeable future.
Years of letting billionaires and their corporations rig the playing system have led us to this moment, where an extremist agenda in the White House is supported by a biased Supreme Court and pliant Congress. It’s time to fight back. And a critical part of that fight is passing Prop. 50.
As socialists we recognize the need to prevent Trump from continuing to have a blank check from Congress. And we reject the notion that the only alternatives to MAGA Republicanism are corporate Democrats such as Gov. Gavin Newsom. In fact, some of the proposed changes in California’s Congressional districts could create opportunities for democratic socialists to contest for those seats.
Passing Prop. 50 is a necessary step in stopping the advance of fascism and oligarchy in the United States. But it is not enough.This redistricting effort is such a significant shake up in the failed political strategy of the Democratic Party that, if seized, it could provide an opening for clear-eyed democratic socialist analysis that charts out a better path — one with multimember districts, ranked choice voting, political pluralism, and a real opportunity for working people to shape the political direction of our society.
DSA San Diego joins California DSA, as well as our comrades in the Los Angeles, Kern, Sonoma and Silicon Valley chapters, all of whom voted to support Prop. 50. An endorsement is a commitment to prioritize this election by mobilizing our members.
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