Texas Republicans have redrawn their US House map five years early, aiming to flip up to five Democratic seats in next year’s election. The move ignited a nationwide “high-stakes showdown” over ...
The U.S. Constitution doesn't mandate single-member districts for the House of Representatives, leaving room for alternative election systems. While single-member districts offer localized ...
In American politics, the people are supposed to choose their leaders. However, in state after state, it’s increasingly the opposite: politicians choose their voters. The evidence of democratic ...
As states from Texas to California to Florida debate and vote on new electoral maps, Americans are both learning about — and often disgusted by — the scale of gerrymandering in their states. The ...
Imagine a Congress where politicians of different ideologies work together to pass legislation reflecting what most Americans want. This isn’t hypothetical; it’s how Congress worked for much of the ...
Redistricting, gerrymandering and representation in Congress have become headline issues across the nation. For Hoosiers, it seems that the early redistricting effort has come to a halt, but the ...
Senate President Bill Ferguson has suggested he may call a special session of the Maryland General Assembly to redraw the state’s congressional maps (“Redistricting fight: Top takeaways as Maryland ...
As states from Texas to California debate and vote on new electoral maps, Americans are both learning about – and often disgusted by – the scale of gerrymandering in their states. The result is that ...
California has long positioned itself as a beacon of democratic reform. But Governor Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 50—to redraw congressional maps mid-decade explicitly to flip five GOP-held seats—is a ...