Trump urged GOP-led states to redraw US House districts. Now other states also are gerrymandering
President Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to redraw U.S. House districts ahead of next year’s election has triggered an unusual outbreak of mid-decade gerrymandering among both Republican- and Democratic-led states. Democrats need to gain just three seats to wrest control of the House away from Republicans. And Trump hopes redistricting can help stave off historical trends, in which the president’s party typically loses seats in midterm elections. Here’s what states are doing: States that passed new US House maps Texas — The first state to […]
