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In Rural Virginia, Excitement and Dread Grows over Democrats’ Redistricting Referendum
The map could give Democrats up to four additional U.S. House seats, enough to threaten Republicans’ narrow majority, analysts said.
- Virginia voters will decide on a new Congressional map in a referendum on April 21, pairing conservative rural areas with liberal suburbs. Early balloting has already begun for this constitutional amendment.
- President Donald Trump initiated this national redistricting trend last year by encouraging Texas Republicans to devise new maps. Similar efforts now span Texas, Missouri, North Carolina, and Ohio.
- The 9th District would become more Republican, while the 7th District would stretch from Democrat-dominated Arlington into rural communities. Jennifer Lee, a Louisa resident for 33 years, supports the new lines.
- Virginia could provide Democrats an extra four seats, enough to overturn the GOP's slim House majority. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., said the measure aims to "fight back to what Trump's done."
- If voters approve the referendum and it survives court challenge, Shull's area within Augusta County would split between the 7th and 9th Districts. Shull, a Republican supervisor, believes "politicians should be elected to be their people's voice.
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