Overview
- Newsom told supporters to stop giving after saying the Yes on 50 campaign met its budget goals, citing roughly $38 million from 1.2 million small-dollar donations.
- Supporters report about $129 million raised versus roughly $46 million for opponents, a surge so large regulators struggled to display filings on the state’s finance website.
- Late-October polling shows a Yes advantage, with CBS News/YouGov at 62%–38% and Emerson College at 57%–37% among likely voters.
- More than 4.5 million ballots have already been cast, and data cited by CBS shows Democratic returns outpacing Republican returns in early voting.
- Prop 50 would temporarily replace the independent redistricting commission’s congressional map with a legislature-drawn map through 2030, a shift analysts say could net Democrats up to five U.S. House seats.