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Opinion | The exploding cigar of mid-decade gerrymandering
The gerrymandering doom spiral is gaining downward momentum, exactly as expected.
Virginia is poised to become the second state, after California, where Democrats will seek to unravel reforms that took redistricting out of the hands of partisans. That’s in response to similar Republican power grabs in other states — especially Texas, where the GOP kicked off the nationwide partisan warfare this summer in a shortsighted attempt to protect its slim House majority.




