Gerrymandering

But Empire State progressives, who helped make the new map possible, weren’t all celebrating.
The GOP wants to split Nashville into three congressional districts, which would dilute the power of Black voters and end a century of Democratic representation.
The Ohio Supreme Court has declared newly drawn district maps that retain Republican supermajorities invalid and ordered them redrawn.
Texas lawmakers “refused to recognize the state’s growing minority electorate" in drawing the state's new district maps, the DOJ said.
Both parties have proven that, given the chance, they'll draw maps to cement their own power. This time, it was Ohio Republicans' turn.
Republican lawmakers are proposing new congressional maps that might unseat Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur, who's been in office since 1983.
The redrawn congressional districts may make it easier for Republican incumbents to hold their seats.
The For the People Act is in the end game now in the Senate.
It’s “really hard for one party to win when the other party has designed the maps,” said political scientist Chris Warshaw.
Democrats failed to flip GOP-controlled state legislatures where the critical decennial redistricting battles will take place after the 2020 census.