The bottom line is that blue state judges supported fairness and red state judges supported Republican gerrymandering. It’s not an even fight.
Hard to overstate how big a setback the 2022 redistricting cycle has been for nonwhite voting strength. No new majority-minority seats created in TX, AL, SC or LA (pending) despite sufficient population, and existing Black VRA seats dismantled/weakened in FL, MI, NC et. al.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 20, 2022
It's been a long redistricting cycle, but I summed it up as best I could in my big redistricting overview article out today: https://t.co/shdTUDM1is
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) June 15, 2022
More from @FiveThirtyEight on how Democrats' sue-to-blue strategy failed & Republicans won redistricting.
— National Republican Redistricting Committee (@GOPRedistrict) June 2, 2022
"Republicans … gained ground from redistricting: The GOP is positioned for a net gain of [3-5] seats in 2022 just thanks to the new lines alone."
https://t.co/H5Zp4UkO2U
Your tweet should note that it is Republicans who have created the underrepresentation of people of color in FL, AL, and LA.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) June 15, 2022
ALL 50 STATES ARE DONE WITH REDISTRICTING! 🎉 pic.twitter.com/nI8bjHuYdf
— Eric Stutz 🇺🇸 (@eric_stutzman5) May 31, 2022
Under the new congressional maps, the tipping-point seat (#NC13) has a 538 partisan lean of R+2.5, meaning the House has a 2.5-point GOP bias. Under the old maps, it was R+2.3.
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) May 31, 2022
Biden states w/ commission/court maps: AZ, CA, CO, CT, HI, MI, MN, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WA, WI
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) May 24, 2022
Dem gerrymanders: IL, MD, MA, NV, NM, OR, RI
Trump states w/ commission/court maps: ID, IA, MT, NC
GOP gerrymanders: AL, AR, FL, GA, IN, KS, KY, LA, MS, MO, NE, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, UT
Pretty good look at the net effect of redistricting strategies. Rs focused primarily on reinforcing light red seats to consolidate into safe territory, leading to a big drop in competitive Lean R type seats. Ds played more offense where they could, adding 10 in the D+2-7 range. https://t.co/6M9ttDS1q1
— Liam Donovan (@LPDonovan) June 9, 2022
Sad! 