Redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms is at the center of the political universe this week, and Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Indiana on Thursday is a big signal the White House isn’t backing off the strategy anytime soon. Vance’s visit to a state to ask lawmakers to redistrict is a significant escalation from the White House, which was pressuring Texas Republicans behind closed doors to redraw the state’s congressional map.
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They’ve played that hand already. They’ve been abusing redistricting for decades. It’s the only reason they’ve been able to gain or maintain power for decades.
If the dems can muster the cojones to fight fire with fire this will backfire spectacularly on the republicans.
SCOTUS: nope.
That rigged rubber stamp loses legitimacy by the day.
They’re about 3 more obscene decisions like Roe away from states openly rebelling against them.
Roe could have been codified by the Dems, but eh just another talking point.
Indeed. And that’s a failure they should never stop answering for.
And it’s worked so they will rely on it even more to prevent any loss of control in 2026.
What I mean to say is that its a dead end. It’s played out. No more rope. No more toothpaste to squeeze. If they went hog wild they might get 15 seats. Which would immediately be wiped out by the dems. IF they want to stop it. Which is never a sure thing. The dems often have just enough turncoats on hand to fuck up an iron wedge while the party leadership stands around, cock in hand, going /shrug “well we tried”.
How did you possibly come to such a confident conclusion there is no value in further gerrymandering? Cleary they see value or they wouldn’t be trying to get it done before 2026.