A partisan redistricting arms race is threatening to entangle more states across the country as President Donald Trump pursues new avenues of consolidating political power.
Trump’s argument that his party is “entitled” to five more congressional seats in Texas is one of his most blatant efforts to remake America’s political landscape, and Republican-led states that may be able to cough up more seats are starting to line up behind him. Democrats are seeking ways to respond in kind, which could spark a battle that lasts well beyond the 2026 midterms.
“We’re starting to see a very clear through line that he is trying to reshape the American electorate in his image,” John Bisognano, president of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, told NOTUS. “It’s, I think, increasingly showing the voters that this is an absurd reality that is totally unnecessary, and being forced on us by a very specific and small cabal of Republicans.”