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‘Democrats Have to Declare a Take-No-Prisoners Redistricting War’

Greg Sargent, writing at The New Republic, in the wake of Callais v. Louisiana:

Democrats will have to enter into a new era of procedural total war. That might make many of them uncomfortable, but when it comes to the future of the liberal agenda, the stakes are enormous. […]

“Democrats have a clear path to neutralize this GOP power grab if they want to take it,” Max Flugrath, senior communications director of Fair Fight Action, told me. “This is the ‘break glass in case of emergency’ moment for American democracy.”

Fair Fight Action, a voting rights group, determined that Democrats:

[…] could redraw anywhere from 10 to 22 additional congressional seats for the party in time for the 2028 elections if they push hard with redistricting in seven blue and swing states.

Twenty-two more seats is a great start, but woefully insufficient. I say the Democrats should go maximalist and squeeze out every possible Republican district they can, even if it means carving up a state until it looks like Zendaya.

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