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While both map-drawing has often been done in private, it's now being debated in the open — and making parties susceptible to ...
A redistricting expert discusses Tom Delay, ‘dummymanders,’ and the long history of racial gerrymandering in the state.
Texas Republicans are working to create more GOP House seats, at Trump’s urging. That may set off a wave of unnecessary ...
Texas Republicans want to use an outdated racial test to pad their House majority. Democrats gave them the opening.
Texas Republicans are poised to redraw the state’s congressional map during a special session that starts Monday. It's a move ...
The U.S. Justice Department offered Texas a legal justification to pursue a long-shot strategy of using a mid-cycle redistricting to help Republicans retain the U.S. House.
A new lawsuit seeking to redraw Wisconsin's congressional district boundary lines was filed on Tuesday, less than two weeks after the ...
A new Catawba-YouGov poll shows that Trump’s job approval rating is underwater in the state he carried three times, including a 50% to 47% victory over Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024. The poll taken ...
They're as bad as the old ones. | Opinion Wisconsin's maps were hailed for ending gerrymandering. The problem is the same politics that produced the gerrymandered maps led to the new ones.
Gerrymandering dates back to the 18th century, and damages democracy. But independent commissions can be a solution.
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court had said the courts would overhaul the state legislature voting maps if the Democratic governor and Republican-led legislature couldn’t.