As a general rule, gerrymandered district is only “safe” from partisan rivals. What we’ve seen in GOP gerrymandered districts is some hotly contested primaries - even primaries against incumbents - that produced a strain of conservatism that is less interested in national partisanship and more interested in appeasing the district’s primary voting base.

If you think Dem primary voters are frothing fascists who need to be bottled up and kept away from positions of power, then Prop 50 is bad news for democracy. But if you think Dem primary voters are reasonable and rational, with the wisdom to select leadership that can effectively govern and improve the country, then Prop 50 is good news.

Prisoners dilemma, but in this case we’ve already seen how the other prisoner (Texas) has acted. Should we take 3 years while they go free? Or make it 2 and 2?

In this case, unfortunately, yes. It also cancels after the next census in 2030 and control is handed back to the committee. The expiration date is the only reason I voted yes.

It’s not good, but at this point, the President is pushing Republicans to redrawn districts to explicitly favor Republicans, which is explicitly illegal. He should be impeached for this, along with any Republicans who go along with it. But… With Republican control of all 3 branches of government, he will never be impeached and removed. At this point, fighting fire with fire is the only option left.

So no, it’s not good, it would just be way worse not to do it

They’re welcome to leave and move to a red state. I left a red state and went to a blue one last year. They can do it too.