The redistricting wars
Posted on AllSides September 20th, 2021
From The Left
ANALYSIS
Republicans are trying to gerrymander themselves into control of the House of Representatives — and they very well might succeed.
A seat in Tennessee here, seats in Ohio and Missouri there. Multiple seats, perhaps, in Texas, Florida, North Carolina, and Georgia. There are more possibilities, and they add up. Draw lines on the map that flip enough Democratic districts to safe GOP ones (just five on net), and Democrats’ slim majority will likely be gone. If that happens, much of the battle for control of the House of Representatives in...