Democrats See Chance to Regain Congressional Power Fading Fast

Democrat aligned groups immediately sued Florida; the Texas map, however, has been upheld by the U.S

“In 2021, partisan disputes in the Virginia Redistricting Commission deadlocked the 16-member commission. When the task fell to us pursuant to Article II, Section 6-A, we unanimously ordered that the prior district maps be replaced with wholly new maps that commentators across a wide spectrum of political views later deemed to be free of partisan bias,” the ruling noted further.

The amendment narrowly passed with barely 50 percent of the vote for and about 47. 8 percent against

The court said that the Democrat majority in the state legislature earlier this year then decided to put a new politically gerrymandered map to a vote of the people

“Under the proposed new map, approximately 47% of Virginians that voted for representatives of one of the major political parties in the last congressional election would now be represented by 9% of Virginia’s delegation to the U. S.

House of Representatives — while the approximately 51% of Virginians that voted for the other major political party would now be represented by 91% of Virginia’s congressional delegation,” the court wrote.

The ruling was one of the most closely watched this election cycle, and it comes amid efforts by other states to successfully gerrymander their congressional maps. So far, Republican-led states have the upper hand in the redistricting battle, with Florida adding 4 GOP-controlled seats last week and Texas adding five earlier this year.