Democratic hopes fade of redrawing electoral map to their advantage
by Naomi Lim, Political Reporter |
| July 20, 2020 12:01 AM
Democrats learned the hard way 10 years ago that elections leading up to a decennial census aren't just about the White House.
State-based Democratic parties are jostling for power in their legislatures so they can exert some influence on the congressional and local redistricting process set to take place in 2021 after the 2020 census.
Doing so can help them tip congressional contests in their favor or secure control of their statehouses until the next decade's headcount when it's constitutionally mandated that district maps be re-drawn. If they don't have independent redistricting commissions, that is.
Redistricting is on the minds of political insiders, according to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Elections Research Center director Barry Burden.
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