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President Donald Trump’s redistricting arms race is wreaking havoc across the country, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. But in Missouri, the fight has grown into something that threatens to cut democracy to the bone.
It was a tough year for democracy and voting rights, but it wasn’t all bad. The November elections offered more than just a glimmer of hope that next year’s midterms will be a major rebuke of President Donald Trump’s second term.
Much like replacing a smoke detector or coming down with the flu, it’s best if we only have to deal with redistricting once per decade. And yet, here we are, mid-decade, wading through nonstop redistricting news because 77 million people voted for a convicted felon who will happily demolish democracy like it’s the East Wing of the White House if it helps him hold on to power in the 2026 midterm elections.
As the redistricting arms race continues to rage across the country, the next high-stakes battleground could be Wisconsin.
Indiana has rapidly become the latest flashpoint in the GOP’s national push to engineer aggressive mid-decade gerrymanders. Few states illustrate the immense costs to voters and how far lawmakers are willing to go to appease President Donald Trump.
As the U.S. Supreme Court contemplates whether the VRA has outlived its usefulness, having heard oral arguments in October questioning the constitutionality of the landmark law’s most vital remaining provision, the question of racism’s grip on America remains.
We’re now five months into President Donald Trump’s plan to rig the 2026 election by pressuring GOP-led states to draw more Republican congressional seats, and here’s what he has to show for his efforts so far.
Facing increasingly dire polls, President Donald Trump is determined to prevent Democrats from reclaiming the U.S. House in the 2026 midterm elections. So he’s pressuring Republican-controlled states to give the GOP an unfair edge by gerrymandering their congressional maps. Texas, North Carolina, and Missouri, have already done so.
“These are desperate, transparent attempts to run out the clock, obstruct court-ordered reforms, and confuse the public ahead of 2026.”
Lawyers for the state of Texas insisted the state didn’t discriminate against Black and brown voters when it drew its new gerrymandered congressional map. But they fought tooth and nail to keep as little information as possible from coming out.
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