South Emerges as Flashpoint In Redistricting Fight

“The partisan showdown over redistricting has hardly begun, but already both sides agree on one thing: It largely comes down to the South,” the AP reports.

“The states from North Carolina to Texas are set to be premier battlegrounds for the once-a-decade fight over redrawing political boundaries. That’s thanks to a population boom, mostly one-party rule and a new legal landscape that removes federal oversight and delays civil rights challenges.”

“It’s a collision of factors likely to tilt the scales in the GOP’s favor with dramatic impact: Experts note the new maps in the South alone could knock Democrats out of power in the U.S. House next year — and perhaps well beyond.”