Letters: Voters should say no to the tyranny of the masses

"Proposition 50 abrogates our constitutional spirit of protecting the minority against the tyranny of the majority. Californians should roundly reject it. California has 52 House representatives, but only nine are Republican despite the fact that nearly 40% of our state electorate voted for Donald Trump, meaning we already have a biased skew against Republicans; proportionately, California should have about 20 Republican representatives."

"Democrats generally despise gerrymandering, but we have no choice in California. Vote yes on Proposition 50. The need to redistrict in California is only in response to the extreme gerrymandering in Texas demanded by Donald Trump and passed by the Texas Legislature. Other red states are expected to follow. California's Proposition 50 redistricting passage will be entirely up to California voters, and will sunset after the 2028 electionagain, unlike red states."

Proposition 50 is portrayed by opponents as abrogating the constitutional principle of protecting minorities against majority tyranny and as creating more biased, nonrepresentative redistricting. California currently has 52 House seats but only nine Republican representatives despite nearly 40% of the electorate voting for Donald Trump, suggesting a disproportionate partisan skew. Opponents warn Proposition 50 could produce roughly 50 Democratic and 2 Republican representatives and call advocacy for it hypocritical and un-American. Supporters argue California must redistrict in response to extreme gerrymandering in Texas and other red states and that Proposition 50 is voter-controlled and sunsets after the 2028 election.

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