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Republicans Tried To Rig The Map… But It May BACKFIRE | TMP #1048
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Republicans think redistricting is just math: break apart protected Democratic districts, spread voters into surrounding areas, and lock in power before Election Day.
But there may be a massive miscalculation hiding inside the map.
The voters do not disappear. They get moved.
And in a country already going through a political realignment, GOP mapmakers may be drawing yesterday’s America while the voters are already living in the next one.
This is not just a redistricting story. This is an Article I story. The Constitution creates Congress first because representation is supposed to come first. When politicians draw maps to protect themselves from voters, the people’s House gets hollowed out before the ballot is ever cast.
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