The battle to redraw electoral districts ahead of the midterms: Where changes have been confirmed and where they are awaiting approval

Electoral district redrawing in the United States has reached unprecedented levels. A Supreme Court ruling in late April changed electoral rules and curtailed minority rights, prompting Republicans to dismantle majority-Black districts, particularly in the South, with efforts extending to other states. Republicans aim for at least 14 additional House seats from new maps in states they control. Democrats are pursuing countermeasures, including gains projected from revised districts in California and Utah, and legal action in Virginia that kept current maps in place. Eight states have taken formal steps toward new maps, though not all are finalized before November midterms. The House election is decisive amid a narrow partisan balance, and the president links midterm success to avoiding impeachment.

"The redrawing of electoral districts, or gerrymandering, in the United States is reaching unprecedented levels. After the Supreme Court's late-April ruling changed electoral rules and curtailed minority rights, Republicans have stepped up efforts to dismantle majority-Black districts, especially in the South, though the strategy extends to states beyond that region. So far, the governing party hopes the new maps approved in states it controls will give it at least 14 additional seats in the November midterm elections."

"But Democrats have not remained idle and are on track to gain six seats from the revised districts in California and Utah; they had expected to gain 10 until Virginia's state supreme court ordered current maps to remain in effect after an attempt to redraw them so Democrats would pick up four more seats. In all, eight states have taken formal steps toward new maps, although not all have been finalized just months before the decisive November midterms, when the entire House is up for election."

"With the narrowest possible margin (the current balance is 218 Republicans and 212 Democrats, with five vacancies), Trump fears that if he loses the elections he could be removed from the White House. You gotta win the midterms because, if we don't win the midterms, they'll find a reason to impeach me, the president told Republican lawmakers earlier this year. It was the magnate himself who launched this battle after asking Texas Republicans last year to change electoral districts to give the party an advantage in upcoming elections."

"The opposition's response was swift, and California Democrats advanced their own electoral maneuver, called Proposition 50. Since then, the contest has been replayed in other jurisdictions. Historically, the Republicans usually lose seats in midterm elections, and the president's falling popularity 63% of the public disapprove of Trump's handling of his duties, according to NBC News Decision Desk's April poll suggests that trend cou"

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