Don't despair, Democrats! How the party can get even, or pull ahead, in the gerrymandering war

In recent weeks, courts have handed the GOP two massive wins in the gerrymandering war launched by President Donald Trump.

First, the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, spurring a rush among Southern states to wipe out Democratic-held majority-Black seats that had been required by the landmark law. Then, Virginia’s high court nullified a referendum in which voters had approved a Democratic-backed map that would have given the party four additional seats to counter Republican gains elsewhere.

The twin rulings have given the GOP a clear, unearned edge in this fall’s midterms.

But if Democrats are willing to play political hardball, that edge could be neutered by 2028. In fact, by doing their own partisan redraws in big blue states like New York, New Jersey, and Illinois — and trying again in the Old Dominion — the party could even potentially emerge from this scorched-earth battle with anywhere between a six- and thirteen-seat advantage over Republicans, according to a Democracy Docket analysis.




https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/dont-despair-democrats-how-the-party-can-get-even-or-pull-ahead-in-the-gerrymandering-war/