"Notable in an off-year special election about the arcane and complicated process of redistricting, 71% of likely voters said they had heard a significant amount of information about the ballot measure, according to the poll. "That's extraordinary," said Mark DiCamillo, director of the IGS poll. "Even though it's kind of an esoteric topic that doesn't affect their daily lives, it's something voters are paying attention to.""
"That may be because roughly $158 million has been donated in less than three months to the main campaign committees supporting and opposing the measure, according to campaign fundraising reports filed with the state last week. Voters in the state have been flooded with political ads. Californians watching Tuesday night's World Series game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays saw that firsthand."
Six out of 10 likely California voters support Proposition 50, while about 38% oppose it, according to a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored by The Times. Seventy-one percent of likely voters reported substantial awareness of the measure. Roughly $158 million was donated in under three months to committees on both sides, producing a flood of political ads. High-profile Democrats including Obama, Newsom and Elizabeth Warren appeared in an ad aired during the World Series that reportedly cost at least $250,000. Support breaks sharply along partisan lines: over nine in ten Democrats back the measure and a similar share of Republicans oppose it.
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