The voter turnout for Proposition 50 could be one of the highest in recent California history, especially for an odd-numbered election year that traditionally sees fewer voters casting their ballots. And it could be all thanks to one person: Donald J. Trump.

While statewide elections in California are almost always held on even-numbered years, for example presidential, gubernatorial and congressional races, odd-numbered years are typically for local municipal elections, such as a mayoral race, or special elections.

And those odd-numbered elections have historically shown weak voter turnouts as we saw in the 2013 Los Angeles mayoral election when only about 23% of the registered voters showed up to the polls to deliver victory to Eric Garcetti.

But the 2025 California election, which had

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