by Chris Walker | Apr 30, 2026 | 2026 midterms, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Gerrymandering, News, Redistricting, redistricting reform, Redistricting Reform Act, Voting Rights Act
Following the calamitous U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday that dismantled enforcement mechanisms for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) told reporters that, if Republicans continue trying to redistrict their states to gain a political advantage in the 2026 midterms, Democrats should respond in kind. Ocasio-Cortez has been a staunch proponent of…
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by Chris Walker | Oct 23, 2025 | 2026 midterms, California, Gerrymandering, News, Redistricting, redistricting reform, Trump redistricting scheme
New polling of California voters shows strong support for temporarily changing the state’s process of drawing congressional boundaries in order to diminish the effects of a nationwide Republican gerrymandering scheme. At the behest of the Trump administration, several GOP-led states have either started or completed redistricting processes to give their party added advantages in next year’s…
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by Chris Walker | Oct 21, 2025 | Gerrymandering, News, North Carolina, Redistricting, redistricting reform, Voting Rights Act
On Tuesday, North Carolina’s Republican-led state legislature got closer to approving new congressional district lines, part of a nationwide scheme by Republicans and President Donald Trump’s political team to stop Democrats from potentially gaining control of Congress following the upcoming 2026 midterms. Democrats are hoping to win enough seats to take control of the U.S.
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