gerrymandering

Republican Gerrymanders Backfire as Missouri Voters Reject Trump-Backed Map and Texas Gains Vanish

Missouri voters threw out the GOP's new congressional map, while Democrats won most of the redrawn seats Republicans targeted in…

1 week ago

Justice Kagan Says Supreme Court’s Election Rulings Have Hurt Democracy, Two Weeks Before Midterms

Liberal Justice Elena Kagan said the conservative majority's rulings on gerrymandering, campaign finance and the Voting Rights Act have made…

3 weeks ago

Democratic Party Attorney Marc Elias Says There Are Only Two Types Of MAGA Voters

Democrat attorney Marc Elias said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House” that some supporters of President Donald Trump, otherwise known…

1 year ago

California Republicans Say Not So Fast To Gavin Newsom, Sue To Stop His Redistricting Gambit

California Republican lawmakers filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking the state Supreme Court to block Democrats from moving forward with a…

1 year ago

Why Some Californians Want Zero Part In Newsom’s Gerrymandering Scheme

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Some California voters blasted Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s efforts to gerrymander the state, with many telling the Daily…

1 year ago

Newsom Vows To Pack California’s Conservative Outposts With Dem Voters, New Map Shows

California Democrats released a new gerrymandered House map on Friday night that, if implemented, would carve up deep red areas…

1 year ago

Gerrymandering: New York Democrats Unveil New Congressional Map That Is ‘Brutal’ For Republicans

Democrats in New York proposed a new congressional map Sunday that would likely eliminate half of the state’s Republicans in…

5 years ago

Gerrymandering? California’s New Congressional Map Bolsters Its Democratic Majorities

California’s citizen redistricting commission finalized a new congressional map late Monday that puts every Democratic incumbent in a seat that…

5 years ago

Gerrymandering: Illinois Democrats Seek to Axe Republicans In New Proposed Congressional Map

Democrats in Illinois’ state legislature Friday released a new map that would shore up all of their party’s incumbents in…

5 years ago

The Supreme Court Just Handed Down A Big Decision On Partisan Gerrymandering

In a decision with far-reaching implications for national politics, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal courts do not have…

7 years ago

Gerrymandering Ruling Tees Up Another Challenge For GOP In Key Swing State

A special three-judge court struck down Ohio’s congressional district map Friday, finding it was unlawfully rigged to the benefit of…

8 years ago

New Gerrymandering Ruling Will Have Big Effects For GOP In 2020

A federal three-judge panel ruled Thursday that 34 state and federal district lines in Michigan are unconstitutionally gerrymandered to the…

8 years ago

All Eyes On Roberts, Kavanaugh As Supreme Court Hears Historic Gerrymandering Cases

The Supreme Court weighed a pair of cases Wednesday that ask the justices to police partisanship in the redistricting process. …

8 years ago

Republicans Take Bold Tack Against Democratic Gerrymander In The Supreme Court |

A coalition of Republican voters made a pair of bold requests while asking the Supreme Court to uphold a lower…

8 years ago

Obama Campaigns Against Gerrymandering Despite Using It To Prop Up His Political Career

The Supreme Court decided not to hear a lawsuit on Monday backed by former President Barack Obama challenging partisan gerrymandering,…

8 years ago