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Trump-backed redistricting push aims to protect House majority
Republicans are rushing to redraw US House districts in at least seven states after a Supreme Court decision curtailed minority protections under the federal Voting Rights Act. Tennessee and Alabama have already…
The Story in Brief
Republicans are rushing to redraw US House districts in at least seven states after a Supreme Court decision curtailed minority protections under the federal Voting Rights Act. Tennessee and Alabama have already enacted new maps, while Louisiana and South Carolina have advanced bills through at least one legislative chamber.
President Donald Trump has urged Republican-led states to act now to preserve the party's narrow House majority, as a president's party typically loses midterm seats. Republicans believe they could gain up to 15 additional seats from seven states, while Democrats hope to pick up six from two states. In South Carolina, the Republican-led House passed a plan to flip the state's only Democratic-held seat, but the state Senate delayed a final vote amid objections that early primary voters could cast ballots for candidates that may not be counted.
The Indian Opinion
American gerrymandering is business as usual, but the Supreme Court's weakening of the Voting Rights Act has handed Republicans a sharper tool. Both parties play this game, Democrats try to win six seats while Republicans target fifteen, but the asymmetry is striking. The real test is whether courts block the new Tennessee and Alabama maps before November. If they don't, the midterms will be decided by district lines, not voters. That is the opposite of democracy.
Source: millenniumpost.in
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