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'Putin-style democracy': how Republicans gerrymander the map [View all]
Tom McCarthy
@TeeMcSee
Sun 11 Apr 2021 02.00 EDT
With red states set to gain seats, the GOP is ready to disadvantage Democrats and deliver the US House
Tom McCarthy
@TeeMcSee
Sun 11 Apr 2021 02.00 EDT
Republicans believe they have a great chance to win control of the US House of Representatives in 2022, needing a swing of about six seats to depose Nancy Pelosi as speaker and derail Joe Biden’s agenda.
To help themselves over the top, they are advancing voter suppression laws in almost every state, hoping to minimize Democratic turnout.
But Republicans are also preparing another, arguably more powerful tool, which experts believe could let them take control of the House without winning a single vote beyond their 2020 tally, or for that matter blocking a single Democratic voter.
That tool is redistricting – the redrawing of congressional boundaries, undertaken once every 10 years – and Republicans have unilateral control of it in a critical number of states.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/11/putin-style-democracy-republicans-gerrymandering-electoral-map-democrats-census
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