Redistricting

• Uma nova pesquisa POLITICO‑Citrin Center‑Possibility Lab divulgada na sexta-feira mostra que grandes maiorias de republicanos e democratas são favoráveis a uma comissão independente para desenhar as linhas dos distritos da Câmara dos EUA, enfraquecendo os argumentos contra o fim do gerrymandering partidário. • A administração Trump está avaliando propostas para codificar painéis independentes de redistritamento, vinculando fundos federais a estados que adotem tais comissões, uma estratégia que poderia remodelar distritos decisivos em 2026 e nos anos seguintes. • Grupos de direitos civis e defensores do direito ao voto comemoraram os resultados da pesquisa, argumentando que comissões independentes reduziriam a manipulação partidária de mapas que atualmente favorecem ambos os partidos.

• O governador da Louisiana, Jeff Landry, anunciou planos em 29 de abril de 2026 para suspender as primárias da Câmara após uma decisão judicial sobre mapas congregacionais intensificar as disputas por redistritamento. • A decisão decorre de batalhas contínuas sobre gerrymandering racial, com dezenas de outros casos iminentes antes das midterms. • A suspensão pode atrasar as eleições e reformular as estratégias do GOP no estado.

• Eleitores da Virgínia aprovaram por margem estreita um plano de redistritamento congressional apoiado pelos Democratas que coloca em risco vários detentores de cargos republicanos. • A medida redesenha as linhas para favorecer os Democratas em distritos-chave, alterando o equilíbrio para as eleições intermediárias de 2026. • Esta batalha de redistritamento costeiro destaca as tensões nacionais sobre mapas justos e vantagem partidária.

Special session comes after Virginia voted to redraw maps and as Trump pressures Republicans to protect House majorityFlorida begins a special session on Tuesday in what may be the last front of the redistricting war before the 2026 election, with Republicans trying to redraw maps to pick up more seats in Congress.Lawmakers enter the session in Tallahassee cloaked in mystery, with no preview of a proposed map to consider and no clear path for Republicans to increase their representation in what appears to be a hostile year for their party. Continue reading...

• House Republicans openly questioned President Donald Trump's mid-decade redistricting strategy on Wednesday, following a Democratic victory in Virginia on Tuesday that threatens the GOP's slim House majority. • The Virginia vote paves the way for as many as four Republican seats to be lost, intensifying GOP concerns about the redistricting war Trump sparked. • Republican lawmakers are now expressing misgivings about the strategy, signaling potential fractures within the party over Trump's aggressive electoral positioning ahead of the November midterms.

Democrats within reach of House majority after voters rebel against Republican gerrymanderingSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxMonths into his second term, Donald Trump wagered that he could beat the historic trend of the party in power losing seats in midterm elections if Republican-led states redrew congressional maps to sweep Democrats out of office.The gamble is looking to be a bust, or at best a draw, for the president, after Democrats fought back with their own redistricting efforts, the latest of which came to fruition in Virginia on Tuesday, when voters approved a plan that could remove all but one of the five Republicans in its current House of Representatives delegation. Continue reading...

• The latest POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab survey reveals strong majorities in both parties favor an independent panel for drawing House district lines. • Over 70% of Democrats and Republicans support the nonpartisan approach to prevent gerrymandering ahead of midterms. • This consensus could pressure Congress to reform redistricting processes and reduce partisan map battles.

Purple state which recently elected a Democratic governor will now choose whether to replace existing voting maps with ones that favor DemocratsNearly three months to the day after his term as Virginia’s governor ended, Republican Glenn Youngkin stood in an unshaded corner of an office parking lot to warn dozens of conservative activists that they were in the midst of “the most important election” in the commonwealth’s 237-year history.The question before the voters casting ballots at an early voting precinct a few yards away in the city of Leesburg ahead of Tuesday’s special election was whether to temporarily set aside Virginia’s congressional maps intended to advantage neither party and replace them with a new version that could allow Democrats to win all but one seat in the 11-member delegation in the November midterm elections. Continue reading...