How Democrats can fight new GOP gerrymanders--while still respecting the VRA
Following the Supreme Court’s evisceration of the Voting Rights Act, Republican-run states are rushing headlong to dismantle congressional districts that had been drawn to protect the rights of Black and Latino voters. But Democrats could fight back by targeting at least 21 GOP districts in nine different states in time for the 2028 elections—and they can do so without disrespecting the VRA.
As The Downballot detailed in a special report we published immediately after the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais last week, Republicans have their sights on a dozen minority districts in eight states, all in the South.
This new assault follows the GOP’s effort to gerrymander Democratic districts across the country that began last year when Donald Trump exhorted Texas Republicans to redraw their map.
When that project began, Republicans already enjoyed a decisive advantage on the congressional battlefield. Heading into the 2024 elections, they’d drawn 42% of all districts nationwide, while Democrats had drawn just 14% (the rest were drawn by neutral bodies
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