Call it redistricting or gerrymandering, the Democratic Party has been effectively doing it for a long time, maximizing its seat count in the House of Representatives at the expense of the GOP. President Donald Trump, in his second White House term, has incited a Republican fight-back, though it is not all going smoothly.
A new Texas congressional district map was on ice due to a legal challenge. Now, it is temporarily back in play thanks to Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who on Nov. 21 blocked a federal court ruling against the map. Indiana Republicans appeared loath to take up Trump’s plan to draw up a new map for the Hoosier State. Still, the wheels are in motion, and the Indiana State House addressed the matter on Dec. 1, while Florida’s Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting will meet on Dec. 4.
Indiana currently has nine congressional districts, only two of which are represented by Democrats. A new map could possibly give Republicans one additional seat. The push to redraw the Indiana map has the support of former Vice President Mike Pence.
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