In a couple of months, California voters will have the opportunity to reshape our state’s political map and, perhaps, tilt the balance of power nationally from red to blue.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, who gained recent national attention for his CAPS LOCK social media posturing, spearheaded a bold overhaul of California’s congressional map in response to Texas Republicans’ efforts to add five GOP seats to the House of Representatives.

The redistricting effort, presented at the ballot as Proposition 50 , has been blasted by Republicans , but its ultimate fate will be decided by voters on Nov. 4

Times reporters and colleagues Hailey Wang , Vanessa Martínez and Sandhya Kambhampati dissected what the changes could mean.

Here’s some of their analysis .

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