US EditionStatus Check on Trump’s Nationwide Gerrymandering Assault to Predetermine Control of Congress
Trump's push for mid-decade redistricting aims to secure GOP House seats for 2026 but faces setbacks in several states and ongoing legal challenges.
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Trump’s push to redraw voting lines points to 'bigger issues' for GOP: Republican operative
Over the course of the year, President Donald Trump endeavored to stack the deck of the 2026 midterm elections by demanding red states redraw congressional lines and gerrymander out Democratic voters. Trump's problem, according to a Politico report, is that he can't win the fight that he started. Thus far, six states crafted new maps, which accounts for "nearly one-third of congressional seats," the report calculated. It puts tens of millions of…
The 2026 midterm elections in the United States are shaping up to be a crucial turning point for Donald Trump's presidency. In the House of Representatives, the Republican Party holds an extremely fragile majority: just 220 seats compared to the Democratic Party's 213. The Democratic Party could therefore upset the balance of power in the lower chamber of Congress by gaining just four more seats than it currently holds. Trump also knows that the…
Should Partisan Gerrymandering Be Outlawed?
Interviews by Amy E. Schwartz DEBATERS Norman Ornstein, a political analyst, is a retired scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of many books on politics. Gale Kaufman is president of Kaufman Strategies, a Sacramento-based strategic consulting firm, and has run hundreds of state assembly and state senate campaigns. INTERVIEW WITH NORMAN ORNSTEIN Should partisan gerrymandering be outlawed? | Yes Should par…
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