Common Cause Won’t Oppose Redistricting

“A good government group that had previously been opposed to mid-cycle redistricting said in a new policy statement on Tuesday it will not condemn California’s redistricting effort, which it called a ‘counterbalancing measure’ to President Donald Trump’s push to draw several new Republican-leaning seats in Texas and around the country,” Politico reports.

“Common Cause — a group historically opposed to gerrymandering and partisan redistricting — said on Tuesday it will not actively oppose any actions taken by Democratic states against Trump’s ‘calculated, asymmetric strategy’ to boost House Republicans’ chances of maintaining control of the House, so long as the proposed maps matched ‘fairness criteria.'”