Redistricting in the United States

Pfeiffer argues the Supreme Court has created permanent redistricting warfare, requiring Democrats to use every lever of power until Congress bans partisan gerrymandering.

“because of the Supreme Court, we are now in a state of perpetual political warfare”

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Pfeiffer argues blue states must abandon gerrymandering bans to counter Republican redistricting.

“Because we can't live in a world of unilateral disarmament, and we cannot accept any Democratic politician that does”

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Pfeiffer urges Democrats to invest heavily in state legislative races ahead of future map redraws.

“we have to pour our time, our money, our resources into state legislative races because there's going to be efforts to redraw the maps in 2028”

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Pfeiffer argues Trump's Indiana primary wins should be kept in perspective given the resources spent against a handful of state senators.

“This is the incumbent president of the White House with the full backing of his political operation in the MAGA movement that spent $9 million to defeat five state senators”

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Hinojosa argues a Democratic governor who vetoes rigged maps in Texas is crucial to preserving Democrats' chances of controlling Congress.

“A governor in Texas... who will veto rigged maps, whether they're rigged for Republicans or Democrats, is a governor who can save the union”

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Hinojosa argues that planned Republican redistricting in Texas would cost Democrats five congressional seats.

“Republican leaders have already said they're going to draw new lines next year, we lose five Democrats in Congress under a new map with no rules”

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Favreau argues only federal legislation can end gerrymandering and change the Electoral College or Supreme Court.

“Federal legislation is the only way to stop gerrymandering everywhere. It's the only way to change the Electoral College”

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Favreau argues Democrats' long-term priority must be winning back gerrymandered state legislatures in Republican states.

“we have to figure out a way to win back power in some of these state legislatures in some of these Southern states”

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Walter says the Texas and Florida maps assumed Republicans would retain 2024-level Latino support, which is not happening.

“the Texas and Florida maps were redrawn basically with the theory that the Republicans would do as well with Latinos as they did, as Trump did”

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Williams says Democrats in gerrymandered states need a court strategy alongside electoral work.

“we are thinking about a court strategy alongside our electoral strategy”

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Vietor calls the idea of lowering Virginia justices' retirement age undemocratic and politically toxic.

“It is without a doubt undemocratic, terrible precedent, the kind of thing that voters would absolutely despise in this climate”

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Kelly argued that a reported Virginia Democratic plan to remove the state's supreme court justices would destroy the judiciary's legitimacy.

“which would completely invalidate the state's judiciary forever. They will lose all legitimacy if they do this”

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