Power motivates efforts by both parties to reshape congressional districts for partisan advantage. Gerrymandering consists of rigging district lines to produce desired electoral outcomes. California Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher criticized President Trump's push for Texas and other conservative states to redraw political districts to try to hold a congressional majority next year. Governor Gavin Newsom placed a ballot measure in California to redraw lines in ways that could create more Democratic seats. Both moves reflect strategic attempts to entrench party power through map-making rather than broader electoral competition.
It's about power. We know that it's about power on both sides, rigging congressional districts to get partisan results. That's what a gerrymander is.
California Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher, criticizing President Trump's push for Texas and other conservative states to redraw political districts in an attempt to hold a majority in Congress next year, and Gov. Gavin Newsom's response putting a measure on California's ballot to create more Democratic seats by redrawing lines here.
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