Tag Archives: Gerrymandering

A panel of federal judges began considering Wednesday whether Texas can use a redrawn congressional map that boosts Republicans and launched an expanding redistricting battle ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The case in an El Paso courtroom is the first test of Texas’ new map. Republican state lawmakers quickly redrew the lines this summer to give the GOP five …

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who championed the creation of an independent commission to draw California’s congressional districts, returns to state voters’ TV sets on Tuesday in a new ad opposing a November ballot measure by state Democrats to boost their party’s ranks in Congress. A committee opposing Proposition 50, which would replace districts drawn by an independent commission with ones …

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke out forcefully Monday against the partisan effort to redraw California’s congressional districts that voters will decide in a November special election. “They are trying to fight for democracy by getting rid of the democratic principles of California,” Schwarzenegger told hundreds of students at an event celebrating democracy at the University of Southern California. “It is …

The California state legislature was poised on Thursday to vote on a plan to redraw its congressional boundaries and create five potential new Democratic House seats – an answer to the Republican redistricting push in Texas, sought by Donald Trump, aimed at tilting the map in his party’s favor ahead of next year’s midterm elections. The nation’s two most populous …

Americans worry democracy in danger amid gerrymandering fights, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Most Americans believe that efforts to redraw U.S. House of Representatives districts to maximize partisan gains, like those under way in Texas and California, are bad for democracy, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found. More than half of respondents – 57% – said they feared that American democracy itself was …

Newsom hails California redistricting package as chance to ‘fight back’ against Republican gerrymandering – US politics live  The Guardian Gavin Newsom thanks you for your attention to redistricting  CNN Your first look inside Newsom’s campaign-in-waiting  Politico Speaker Johnson vows to fight California Democrats’ ‘illegal power grab’  The Hill To counter Texas, California lawmakers take up plan to redraw congressional districts  Los Angeles Times Source link

When politicians redraw congressional district maps to favor their party, they may secure short-term victories. But those wins can come at a steep price — a loss of public faith in elections and, ultimately, in democracy itself. Shaun Bowler That’s the conclusion of a peer-reviewed study led by UC Riverside political scientist Shaun Bowler, published in Political Research Quarterly. The …

TOMORROW: Governor Newsom, California leaders to make major announcement in response to Trump’s gerrymandering attempts  Governor of California (.gov) Newsom says California to draw congressional maps to ‘END TRUMP PRESIDENCY’  ABC News Gavin Newsom and Democrats are placing a risky bet on gerrymandering  CNN This Republican lawmaker has served CA for decades. Newsom’s plan could end his dominance.  CalMatters Newsom says California will draw …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom told Donald Trump on Tuesday that the president had missed the deadline to pull back from creating “illegal crooked maps” in red states to manipulate coming elections. As a result, Newsom, mimicking the president’s all caps messaging style, indicated the nation’s most populous state would “redraw the maps in California to offset the rigging of maps …

The gerrymandering wars are back. Perhaps they never really went away. Extreme GOP gerrymanders have remade American politics over the last 15 years. They have locked Republicans into office in state legislatures nationwide, even in purple states when Democratic candidates win more votes. They have delivered a reliable and enduring edge to the GOP in the race for Congress. Perhaps …