CA Gov. Gavin Newsom said Republicans didn’t vote for national independent redistricting. House Republicans voted against a multifaceted 2021 bill that had such a measure. Republicans in at least four states supported state initiatives.
For those out of the loop, since this headline doesn’t fully describe the situation:
California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom seeks to counter Texas Republicans’ congressional redistricting efforts by temporarily abandoning the Golden State’s nonpartisan congressional district-drawing process in favor of maps that would increase Democratic representation.
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“We’re also announcing as a consequence of this effort, a commitment to national independent redistricting,” Newsom said during Cohen’s Aug. 17 podcast episode. “That’s on the ballot as well. We believe it’s the right thing to do. In fact, the Democratic Party believes it’s the right thing to do. Democrats have voted for national independent redistricting. Republicans have not.”
We voted for independent redistricting in Utah a while back. They turned our progressive stronghold into the center of a pinwheel, but recently a judge ruled against that map. Utah is probably gonna be 3rd after Texas and Cali in a lot of these headlines soon, even though we only have one seat in dispute and the most cut and dry redistricting situation.
For those out of the loop, since this headline doesn’t fully describe the situation:
California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom seeks to counter Texas Republicans’ congressional redistricting efforts by temporarily abandoning the Golden State’s nonpartisan congressional district-drawing process in favor of maps that would increase Democratic representation.
[…]
“We’re also announcing as a consequence of this effort, a commitment to national independent redistricting,” Newsom said during Cohen’s Aug. 17 podcast episode. “That’s on the ballot as well. We believe it’s the right thing to do. In fact, the Democratic Party believes it’s the right thing to do. Democrats have voted for national independent redistricting. Republicans have not.”
We voted for independent redistricting in Utah a while back. They turned our progressive stronghold into the center of a pinwheel, but recently a judge ruled against that map. Utah is probably gonna be 3rd after Texas and Cali in a lot of these headlines soon, even though we only have one seat in dispute and the most cut and dry redistricting situation.
We had the opposite effect in Michigan. After our committee got done redrawing the districts, the next election brought the legislature in line with how the voting percentages stack up in statewide voting. https://votersnotpoliticians.com/how-redistricting-helped-democrats-flip-michigan/