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How the GOP’s Redistricting Effort Could Backfire

Democrats responded with their own new maps, and there will be more competitive districts.
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C, on January 31, 2026. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/AFP /Getty Images)
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C, on January 31, 2026. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/AFP /Getty Images)

President Donald Trump’s unorthodox redistricting gambit, instigating red states to redraw congressional maps ahead of this year’s midterm elections to bolster the Republican Party’s thin majority in the House of Representatives, risks going spectacularly bust.   

The enhanced gerrymanders, some complete and some underway, aren’t the source of the problem.

David M. Drucker is a senior writer at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he was a senior correspondent for the Washington Examiner. When Drucker is not covering American politics for The Dispatch, he enjoys hanging out with his two boys and listening to his wife's excellent taste in music.

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