US EditionAP Analysis Shows Texas and California Redistricting Efforts Could Mess with Rare Partisan Balance
Lawmakers in California and Texas push redistricting plans aiming to add five House seats each, with Texas GOP seeking to maintain majority amid legal challenges.
- As Texas Republicans and California Democrats redraw U.S. House districts, they're potentially disrupting a rare partisan balance in American politics where each party's share of seats closely matches their share of the vote.
- California Democrats aim to gain 5 more seats by redrawing district lines, while Texas Republicans are drawing new districts giving them a shot at winning 5 more seats.
- Experts warn that without metrics for fairness, redistricting processes can produce partisan outcomes even if unintended.
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AP analysis shows Texas and California redistricting efforts could mess with rare partisan balance
As Texas Republicans and California Democrats redraw U.S. House districts to their advantage ahead of next year’s elections, they’re potentially disrupting a rare partisan balance in American politics.
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24heures.caOn the one hand, Texas, on the other, California: the two states moved on Thursday towards the redistribution of their electoral cards.
California passes map plan | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California lawmakers passed a legislative package Thursday advancing a partisan redistricting plan aimed at winning Democrats up to five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 elections, the latest step in a tit-for-tat gerrymandering battle after Texas Republicans advanced their own redrawn map to pad their House majority by the same number of seats at President Donald Trump's urging.
After Texas' Republican leadership redrawn its electoral districts for blatant partisan political reasons to allow five more Republican representatives to enter Congress, California took a similar step.
From Texas to California, they use both of them to recoup electoral districts to their advantage. ...
An eye for an eye. California has passed new laws that allow it to modify the electoral maps of the state, the most populous in the country. Voting in the local Congress took place quickly, just a day after Texas, the great Republican bastion, modified its electoral districts to expand its representation in the Washington House of Representatives next year. California’s legislators have barely taken the first step and point to a fundamental date…
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