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Report: Mid-decade redistricting shifted 34.8 million Americans into new House districts

Protect Democracy study quantifies the fallout from the Trump-driven redistricting fight between Texas, California and other states.

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What to know

  • Protect Democracy report finds 34.8 million Americans — one in 10 — now live in a different House district than during the 2024 election cycle.
  • About a fifth of Americans live in districts where more than a quarter of voters are new since the last cycle, and Republicans could gain up to nine seats from the redistricting wave.
  • The fight began when Trump pushed Texas to redraw its map, prompting California's counter-referendum and a cascade of other states following suit.
  • The report warns of a bipartisan 'doom loop' of escalating redistricting and calls for reforms such as proportional representation or a nonpartisan mapping truce, though such fixes face long odds.

Ben Raderstorf Policy advocate at Protect DemocracyDonald TrumpDonald Trump U.S. PresidentProtect Democracy Nonpartisan advocacy organization

Report: Mid-decade redistricting shifted 34.8 million Americans into new House districts
Mercury News

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    Report co-author warns the redistricting fight will worsen

    Ben Raderstorf said the escalating partisan redistricting battle will continue absent intervention, as the report calls for remedies like proportional representation or a bipartisan truce on nonpartisan districting.

    “This is only going to get worse until somebody stops it…”
    — Ben Raderstorf
    1. 5 outlets Redistricting moved 1 in 10 Americans into a new House district, report finds

      first by Mercury News, 6d ago · also Boston Globe, PBS NewsHour, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer

      3 more headlines
    • raders.bsky.social

      One in 10 Americans were forcibly moved to a new district in the gerrymandering wars. And it’s only going to get worse. @apnews.com story about our report on gerrymandering whiplash and why proportional representation is the only way out. @protectdemocracy.org

      raders.bsky.socialBluesky6d ago65▲view on Bluesky ↗
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    • GaryRLundberg@newsie.social

      That’s a lot of voting district disruption. Adding many wild cards to voting AND counting. “A report by Protect Democracy found that 34.8 million people — about one in 10 Americans — now live in a different district than they did during the 2024 election cycle.” https:// apnews.com/article/redistricti…

      GaryRLundberg@newsie.socialMastodon6d agoview on Mastodon ↗
    • protectdemocracy.org

      REPORT: 1 in 10 Americans' congressional districts have changed since 2024. This “brings into question whether or not elected officials are really representing their constituents … or if the voters are being randomly picked by mapmakers,” @raders.bsky.social told @apnews.com

      protectdemocracy.orgBluesky8h ago63▲view on Bluesky ↗
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    Protect Democracy report quantifies redistricting's scope

    The report finds 34.8 million people — about one in 10 Americans — now live in a different House district than during the 2024 cycle, and about a fifth of Americans live in districts where more than a quarter of voters are new; Republicans are positioned to potentially gain nine seats from the redistricting wave.

    “If this trend continues, it really brings into question whether or not elected officials are really representing their constituents anymore, or if the voters are being randomly picked by mapmakers to squeeze out partisan advantage…”
    — Ben Raderstorf
  3. background

    Supreme Court blocks Missouri's Trump-backed new districts — After conflicting lower court rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked new Missouri congressional districts backed by Trump that had already been used in the primary, forcing the state to revert to its previous map for the general election.

  4. background

    California holds referendum to counter Texas with a new map — California voters approved a referendum tilting the state's congressional map toward Democrats in response to Texas's redistricting, suspending the state's nonpartisan commission process.

  5. background

    Trump urges Texas to redraw its congressional map — Trump pushed the Republican-controlled Texas legislature to redraw its U.S. House map to help the GOP, starting the current wave of mid-decade redistricting.

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