Last Tuesday was California’s special election to vote on Proposition 50. This proposition was created to decide whether California should be allowed to redraw its district lines.
Proposition 50 ultimately passed, and Stan State students shared their thoughts and reactions to this outcome.
Krtik Prakash (Sophomore, Biology) expressed his discontent with the current administration and his thoughts on the election’s outcome.
“I’m not really happy with this current administration, so it really helped that California got these seats,” Prakash said.
Prakash went on to elaborate that he believes this generation needs to vote and use their voices, as it affects the future. He continued that many people in his generation have become more interested in politics, but he believes that it is not enough.
“It’s important for our generation because we are going to be affected by most of these propositions and laws that are going to be passed. So we should use our voice and use our vote in order to influence that decision, we should have a say in the government, that’s the whole point of democracy,” he said.
Gabriela Verduzco (Freshman, Theatre) was content with the passing of Prop 50 because she believes that it can benefit people.
“I think it was something that had to be done,” Verduzco said. “I think it’s fair. With the recent events, especially with the Democratic Party being hated on by the Republican Party.”
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Madelyn Shrader (Junior, Public Health) expressed how she views the passing of this proposition.
“It’s essentially kind of gerrymandering California in response to gerrymandering in Texas, which both are bad,” Shrader said.
Shrader continued to discuss Prop 50 and how she believes it will restore the balance amongst states.
“So I feel like, well, I think it’s great that it passed because then the balance is restored. It just should never have been something that we would have to do in the first place,” she said.
Although there was conversation surrounding whether or not Prop 50 should be passed, the majority of California voters ultimately said yes.
