After Alabama was ordered to redraw their Congressional maps, Republicans are facing potential loss of some seats in the House.
Good.
I am completely okay with that!
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.
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.
