There are a lot of indicators that suggest the Yes side is going to win comfortably,” says one nonpartisan pollster.

California voters have approved a ballot measure to redraw the state's congressional map to favor Democrats, marking the party's biggest victory to date in a national battle over redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms.

California passed Proposition 50, dramatically reshaping congressional districts in the battle for House control. Democrats gained an edge against Trump's redistricting push.

In a rebuke to Trump and Texas Republicans, voters in the Golden State overwhelming approved redrawing their congressional map to favor Democrats.

California voters resoundingly approved Proposition 50, the ballot measure championed by Democrats to enact new congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms — a fight that became as much a referendum on President Donald Trump as a question of redistricting.

The most critical win for Democrats' House hopes came in California on Tuesday, when voters approved a ballot measure to allow state lawmakers to adopt a new congressional map that could net the party as many as five new seats, offsetting a comparable move in Texas to benefit Republicans in a nationwide battle over redistricting.

“Easy to see how the two major Republican candidates for California governor squeeze into the top two with 20% and 19% of the vote, therefore locking Democrats out of November. If you're a Dem running at 5% or less before the March filing deadline, drop out,” he wrote.