California’s gerrymandering ballot measure could worsen the polarization that’s consumed Washington and the nation.

It won’t be clear until November 2026 whether the nationwide redrawing of political lines mattered in the fight for control of the House.

One of the great conceits of California is its place on the cutting edge — of fashion, culture, technology, politics and other facets of the ways we live and thrive.

Not so with Proposition 50.

The redistricting measure, which passed resoundingly Tuesday, doesn’t break any ground, chart a fresh course or shed any light on a better pathway forward.

It is, to use a favorite word of California’s governor, merely the latest iteration of what has come to define today’s politics of fractiousness and division.

In fact, the redistricting meas

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