Breaking down the redistricting arms race following the Supreme Court's VRA ruling
(Politico) The Supreme Court’s decision slashing a key Voting Rights Act protection has led to a renewed redistricting arms race, with both parties promising maximalist approaches to redraws.
Eight states have already enacted new maps ahead of the midterms, giving Republicans a narrow edge at this point in the redistricting war, though legal challenges are still pending in some of those states.
At least as many are eyeing new maps now. A slew of GOP-controlled states are moving forward with new maps, fulfilling predictions the Democratic-aligned civil rights group Fair Fight Action made last year when they identified 19 possible seats that Republicans could target without Section 2 in place. Democrats are looking to fight back: Fair Fight Action released another report laying out as many as 22 seats where Democrats could respond in kind.
But the timing of which state goes when will be as important in the short term as what each state ends up doing. Some state leaders are rushing to gerrymander in time for this fall’s midterms, while others, constrained by their primary schedules and state laws, are plotting new maps in time for 2028. It remains unclear whether any will shift based on Sunday evening demands by President Donald Trump to disregard those constraints.
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