If one were to watch ads and videos put out by proponents of Proposition 50 , the ballot measure to redraw California’s congressional districts to benefit Democrats, it wouldn’t be hard to notice that President Donald Trump figures prominently in many of the messages.

That’s because many supporters of the measure view it as a referendum on Trump.

They look at it through a national lens, casting the president as a central figure in their argument that Prop. 50 is about saving democracy and the very principles upon which this country was founded.

But messages put out by the anti-Prop. 50 side make scant mention of Trump, if at all.

Rather, the measure is framed as a power-grab scheme by “Sacramento politicians.” Ads often focus on California itself, featuring local elected offici

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