In Wisconsin, Republicans are close to capturing veto-proof supermajorities in the State Legislature that would render the Democratic governor irrelevant even if he wins re-election on Tuesday in the battleground state.https://t.co/87Z2Olkojq

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 4, 2022

Republican legislators have gerrymandered Wisconsin’s district map to such an outlandish degree that the state is barely recognizable as a democracy.

The party's gubernatorial nominee intends to make the state even more voter-proof. #WIGov https://t.co/ORah6q1dx0

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen) November 2, 2022

Republicans have been explicit about their contempt for democracy but this hasn't figured into campaign coverage nearly as much as it should have. https://t.co/UXcgOY0usW

— Lawrence Glickman (@LarryGlickman) November 1, 2022

A 50-50 state with veto-proof supermajorities for one-party is not simply not democratic. The plans to take control of elections afterward are ominous. Democracy is in danger in Wisconsin. https://t.co/NKO8MV6bZa pic.twitter.com/vdURlbBnEU

— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) November 4, 2022

Wisconsin’s GOP gubernatorial nominee said the quiet part aloud: "Republicans will never lose another election in Wisconsin after I’m elected governor." (via @MaddowBlog) https://t.co/6nnfz5Mvgg

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 4, 2022

In Tight Wisconsin Governor’s Race, Gerrymandering Takes Center Stage – @WSJ https://t.co/4106Ux1TlU

— Ben Kesling (@bkesling) November 6, 2022

Obama cites chilling stat from my new article on impact of extreme gerrymandering in Wisconsin: "Democrats have to win statewide vote by 12 points just to get to 50 seats in the assembly, while Republicans could garner a majority with just 44% of votes" https://t.co/aZYAbyXasY https://t.co/YYJPAxAIvk

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 30, 2022

How Wisconsin became ground zero for American polarization: Once a true swing state, election results show Wisconsin’s political divides have become more calcified along county lines as the country has polarized. (@Dchinni @chucktodd) Details: https://t.co/nyTGOg0pgP pic.twitter.com/S8YbOodvOq

— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) October 16, 2022

In the WI competitive authoritarian state the gerrymandered legislature and the supreme court are unwilling to accept the risk that the voters might disagree with them. And so they have established a political system where it’s heads I win, tails you lose. https://t.co/ec2VVPjc0s

— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) October 13, 2022

Wisconsin is two races away from becoming a totalitarian state. How the hell did that happen? https://t.co/LKUPC4Z6Ce

— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) August 15, 2022

Wisconsin is not a democracy. Given gerrymandering, the outcome of the midterms for the Wisconsin legislature is pre-ordained, despite the fact it is a purple state. It’s been that way for a decade and it will be that way for at least another decade. https://t.co/mIzV1lizCD

— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) August 14, 2022

Other than the US Supreme Court, the Wisconsin Supreme Court is the most partisan and corrupt in America. Today's blatantly partisan decision to ban dropboxes confirms that. Outrageous and despicable.

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) July 8, 2022

Our MC article builds on our more detailed analysis of this cycle’s new maps in Publius: https://t.co/UfqR6XN303

— Chris Warshaw (@cwarshaw) September 27, 2022

Just a reminder that somewhere between 4–10 of the lean/likely GOP seats would be lean/likely *Democratic* seats but for #SCOTUS’s unsigned, unexplained stays of district court injunctions that had blocked congressional maps in Alabama and Louisiana — and their effects elsewhere. https://t.co/q7F9MCGvoZ

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) September 21, 2022

Ohio’s Supreme Court struck down 7 GOP gerrymanders since 2021 but couldn’t draw its own maps, so GOP now aims to kill ballot initiatives so voters can’t adopt an independent redistricting commission.

Gerrymandered GOP legislatures have tried this in many states this past decade https://t.co/0nrVaXoBjt

— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) October 28, 2022

The legislative-district maps in Ohio have been drawn so that many Republicans effectively cannot lose, all but insuring a veto-proof super-majority

As a result, most GOP incumbents only worry about the primaries—where hard-core partisans dominate https://t.co/xiFCvdK3G6

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) August 14, 2022

NEW: Senate President @matthuffman1 wants to appeal Ohio's congressional map rejection to the U.S. Supreme Court https://t.co/kcgfcPHKem via @enquirer

— Jessie Balmert (@jbalmert) August 17, 2022

including the 132 legislators who are supposed to be drawing a new congressional map by Thursday

🫠 https://t.co/9H6YjKSitX

— Katy Shanahan (@KatyAShanahan) August 17, 2022

But on a deeper level, the case of Ohio has more to say about the state of American democracy more broadly. In particular, when it comes to voting and elections, Republicans cannot be trusted to act in good faith when they stand to reap partisan gains.https://t.co/TUbGWhylPG

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) July 28, 2022

Three GOP members of the OH Sup Ct—the same 3 who keep fighting to uphold unconstitutional map—at the Trump Youngstown rally.

All three are up this November.

Vote all three out by supporting @JenniferBrunner @Jamison4Justice and @vote4JudgeZayas https://t.co/yNMSSk7Oso

— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) September 20, 2022

New York went through a lengthy redistricting process that ended with a map drawn by a court-appointed special master, which is why the primary was delayed until today. (It was supposed to have been held in June.) https://t.co/5iVU4s6r0b

— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) August 24, 2022

NY state leaders want the independent redistricting commission — not the legislature — to redraw 2024 Assembly map. "Having the legislature draw the map … opens the door to shenanigans," says @mcpli: https://t.co/Q4V7qw2LVA

— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) August 10, 2022

A New York appeals court ruled that new congressional districts drawn by Democrats violated the state’s ban on partisan gerrymandering, partially upholding a lower-court ruling that would block the state from using the lines in this year’s elections. https://t.co/Jpoc8nzEvr

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 21, 2022

"Using rejected maps in the four states…was likely to hand Republicans five to seven House seats that they otherwise would not have won." https://t.co/TxSnI9nrkZ

— Jennifer Mascia (@JenniferMascia) August 8, 2022

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Why the GOP is willing to break the law to gerrymander, in 3 quick slides:

1) it allows them to maintain control of the heart of power in states (statehouses) and the US House even when they are in the minority in those states (all 4 of these states were blue in ‘12)

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— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) July 19, 2022

It looks like this decade’s redistricting battles ended in a draw. We break down what that means for each party’s paths to win control of the House in future elections: https://t.co/vQb80Wy2Sw

— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) August 6, 2022

I sound like a broken record but redistricting affects *everything*– every issue you're concerned about has, can or will be touched by redistricting.

Here's a cool @cnn interactive showing how new congressional maps shift voting power in every statehttps://t.co/YjpvQEtdIZ

— Dianne Gallagher (@DianneG) July 25, 2022

There are 22 majority-Black districts in the current Congress. Next year, there will be as few as nine. https://t.co/5qVh65Gv2l

— Philip Gourevitch (@PGourevitch) July 20, 2022

Gerrymander U.S.A.: "They shore up their strongholds and help eliminate any meaningful electoral competition. It’s the opposite of how representative democracy is supposed to work." Nicely done. https://t.co/YIiSlMjux9

— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org ☮️ (@froomkin) July 13, 2022

#NEW: UT lawmakers have filed a motion to stay the case challenging Utah's congressional map pending the outcome of Moore v. Harper. https://t.co/ixhOsJpU9b pic.twitter.com/RDMJddUxMR

— The Redistrict Network (@RedistrictNet) July 24, 2022

Utah’s new map has four solidly Republican districts and no Democratic, or even swing, districts. In this state, the Republican primary is all that matters. https://t.co/V02LeLHP28 pic.twitter.com/mEaIvPjUoB

— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) June 29, 2022

A group of Utah voters argue that the Utah Legislature violated the state constitution by gerrymandering the congressional map to benefit Republicans and repealing voter-approved redistricting reforms that aimed to reduce gerrymandering.

— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) July 25, 2022

#NEW: Lawyers for the state of Utah are asking a judge to dismiss the lawsuit challenging the state's congressional map. https://t.co/axu1e1lypT

— The Redistrict Network (@RedistrictNet) May 8, 2022

With this final blow to minority voting rights advocates & Democrats, all 50 states now have an operative congressional map in place for 2022. https://t.co/4LdOZxBNpO

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 28, 2022

Final 2022 redistricting scorecard: @CookPolitical estimates a GOP gain of three seats from new maps *alone.* That was almost exactly our pre-redistricting forecast. But it's a seven (!) seat swing against Dems vs. our early March forecast. https://t.co/kk9BwpwARX pic.twitter.com/ptgearORo2

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 28, 2022

The once-a-decade process of redrawing the country's congressional districts has given Republicans a major edge — but that's not the only consequence. https://t.co/ekkF1SHIMm

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 29, 2022

Hard to overstate what a radical step this would be, given that many swing-state legislatures are gerrymandered in ways that self-perpetuate GOP control. Would decimate checks and balances. https://t.co/ozO9KoGlmN

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 30, 2022

Story: Federal judge will draw new Louisiana congressional map with second Black district after Legislature fails to act. Lawmakers punt after four days of six-day Special Session #lagov #lalege https://t.co/MwfjKXPf7v via @theadvertiser

— Greg Hilburn (@GregHilburn1) June 18, 2022

New: Louisiana officials ask Supreme Court to restore GOP-drawn congressional map that includes just one heavily Black district out of six. Federal district judge ordered creation of second one. Scotus previously reinstated Alabama map in similar circumstances.

— Greg Stohr (@GregStohr) June 17, 2022

Schexnayder has filed a redistricting bill that retains only one majority-Black district, which would defy the federal court order. Democrats are objecting.

— Wesley Muller (@WesleySMuller) June 15, 2022

Gov. John Bel Edwards on today's ruling in the congressional redistricting lawsuit. https://t.co/ITfie3lr6k

— The Redistrict Network (@RedistrictNet) June 12, 2022

Wow. Just goes to show how clear the *current* VRA interpretation is, even to an uber-conservative court like the 5th Circuit. https://t.co/WX1gxtu0yA

— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) June 12, 2022

#NEW: The Louisiana Secretary of State has appealed the decision. https://t.co/wHBydLu222

— The Redistrict Network (@RedistrictNet) June 6, 2022

It will never end https://t.co/MxxTzLXXEc pic.twitter.com/T9lqmDlbEu

— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) June 6, 2022