After Alabama was ordered to redraw their Congressional maps, Republicans are facing potential loss of some seats in the House.
There really needs to be independent nonpartisan redistricting across the country.
How does that actually work in practice? Its a good model to strive for, but impossible to do in reality.
Schwarzenegger is working state-by-state to end gerrymandering.
“Although the majority’s decision is disappointing, this case is not over."
Is it just me, or does that sound rather menacing?
The highest court in the country finds the districting lines were intentionally racist and need to be redrawn, and the response is “the fight is not over?”
Looks like 5 seats could end up becoming Democratic, which would mean an even split of 217 seats each.
This would only be at the next election right? So it would just make the split more “fair” for what the population in general wants. But the House does tend to go for the winning candidate’s Party during a Presidential election year I think.
Another issue is timing. State(s) could drag their feet in redistricting and if it gets too close to the election say they don’t have time to complete the courts request. I hope there’s timeliness enforced.
Also, yes usually the house goes to the winning candidate for the first two years than swaps.
Good.
