The White House wants more states to redraw House maps to help GOP. Democrats are readying a fight
The White House is eyeing redistricting efforts beyond Texas to help Republicans hold the U.S. House in 2026 — and Democrats are preparing to escalate in response, with one senator vowing to go “nuclear” if needed.
What’s shaping up to be a multistate redistricting battle could mark the opening round for House control ahead of next year’s midterms, when Democrats see retaking the House as the party’s best chance to break Republicans’ hold on Congress and President Donald Trump is determined to keep the GOP’s majority. Democrats, under pressure from their base to match GOP tactics, have grown more forceful in their messaging and are taking concrete steps to push back, even as the party enters at a disadvantage.
“If they’re going to go nuclear, then so am I,” said Sen. Elissa Slotkin. “They’re forcing us into this position because they’re trying to pick their voters.”
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it still blows my mind that the majority party being able to redraw district lines to stay in power is somehow legal.
Blame the SCOTUS. At least some states like Pennsylvania had their courts rule gerrymandering as unconstitutional (for their state, not federally). Unfortunately, a lot of other states still gladly allow it.
Our supreme court in ohio ruled the state drawn districts were illegal 3 times in 2021-2022, but nothing was done about it and the illegal maps were used in the elections.
Also it's completely unrelated that the governor's son is a supreme court justice.
It still blows my mind that Americans are still pointing at shit saying “that’s illegal” when the law hasn’t mattered for like a decade.
"Legal" is just a label the people in power put on the things they want to do. We don't have a functioning justice system, and I'm not certain we ever did.
Democrats are where they are because they like following rules. Republicans have an objective and want to see it finished. Following rules and decorum for 60 years has gotten Democrats nowhere. Democrats have to play by Republican standards otherwise the results will keep getting worse.
Nnnnnoooo, they follow the rules because they're the rules. If it's just total anarchy you want, any political party won't scratch that itch.
This and many other actions lead me to believe that the US is never getting rid of this administration. They've deleted all safety mechanisms and all possible checks and balances, of course in their favor. Even if you get elections, I doubt the results matter.
As Stalin once famously said "I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how."
Yes, we are in a second civil war. That much is clear although most refuse to come to terms with it still.
I can't stress this enough: most people don't want to know.
They're going to find out.
Soon.
How about calling for and organizing a nation wide general strike????
Oh right, that would hurt their billionaire donors and actually accomplish things for the working class.
They act like they have no power but hand wringing. But that's because that's all they choose to do.
The ruling class has spent the last century or so systematically dismantling the American left. Unfortunately the Democrats are a right wing party and have no interest in this kind of disruption - they're just as owned by billionaires as the Republicans are, it's just a more polite faction of capitalists.
Take the population, plug it into a video game map generator, tell it to make all population of sections equal, generate 30 variations, and put them to a vote.
Why divide it into districts and not just let every vote count?
Wild how these are the same people who always scream that the election was rigged every time a dem wins.
Projection. It's always projection.
Well, to be fair, the Dems only say they're gonna 'go nuclear' when they have no hope of winning. They had 4 years to box an orange turd and right the ship. Guess that was too much.
The Democrats are sharpening their pencils and are going to write the sternest letter anyone has ever seen
I doubt Dems are doing crap. We’re sleepwalking into fascism.
There's no sleeping. You're straight up walking into fascism with your eyes wide open.
Lmao democrats ain't doing shi-
What would the "nuclear" option be for the democrats? (genuine question?
Redraw California, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Washington, and Oregon districts to overwhelm the handful of Republican districts there.
Then
Take full advantage of the fact that the R's are pushing a very unpopular agenda and will have to weaken their advantages in red districts (making them a bit swingier) in order to get rid of blue districts.
I would love to see Illinois redraw their maps so that every district includes a part of Chicago.
A VERY VERY UNBELIEVABLY STERN SIGNED LETTER!
The short answer is gerrymandering California, but you don't stop corruption with equal and opposite corruption. I'm afraid we don't have an opposition party willing to do what is necessary to actually fight corruption.
This is why we will always be at a disadvantage.
That depends on how you play the game. Stopping corruption begins with calling it out and demanding it end. You can't cower in the corner because you "lack the votes" or because public opinion isn't behind you. Doing what is right means you will lose a lot of battles, but you're always fighting.
It'll never be a fair fight when only one side is morally and ethically fine with rampant corruption.