Commentary: How voters can fight gerrymandering in an era of remapping wars
It began with the president asking Texas to redraw its congressional map to give Republicans additional House seats in the 2026 midterm elections. This prompted California to redraw its map, giving Democrats a comparable number of additional ...
It began with the president asking Texas to redraw its congressional map to give Republicans additional House seats in the 2026 midterm elections.
This prompted California to redraw its map, giving Democrats a comparable number of additional seats to balance the Texas gains. Virginians voted for a redraw, which would have given Democrats additional seats, until the state Supreme Court nullified the vote. Then Florida followed suit with a new map to give Republicans additional seats. Several other states are now redrawing their maps or plan to do so to effect partisan advantages.
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