The new map could wipe out Republicans' gains so far in the race President Donald Trump kicked off last summer in Texas. Virginia voters on Tuesday approved Democrats’ effort to gerrymander the state, giving the party an edge in its bid to reclaim the House in November.
The new map would give Democrats the chance to flip four seats currently held by Republicans. Its adoption could put Democrats slightly ahead in the national mid-decade
gerrymandering wars — a result few thought possible when President Donald Trump picked the fight by pushing Texas Republicans to redraw their map last summer.
The result is a major win for Democrats’ hopes of retaking Congress, and showed their ability to mobilize voters distrustful of partisan redistricting and push back against Trump in the Democratic-leaning state. It’s also a victory for Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger in her first national test as governor, after she
faced pressure to take a more active role in the campaign’s final stretch.
I can hear it now, how unfair it was that Virginia (like California) to change their maps. Ignoring the fact that unlike Texas where Republicans without consent of voters, gerrymandered their Congressional because Trump wanted them to.
The Voters of California AND Virginia support new Congressional Maps, they voted for those maps. Never mind that the Voters of Texas did NOT give such consent. Trump started this, the Voters will end it. That is why it is called voting.
