Nate Cohn: “Republicans have been redrawing congressional districts this year at President Trump’s behest, but so far it hasn’t seemed to be enough to deny Democrats a reasonable path to control of the House.”
“That might change if the Supreme Court strikes down Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act… Without Section 2, which has been interpreted to require the creation of majority-minority districts, Republicans could eliminate upward of a dozen Democratic-held districts across the South.”
“Republicans may not eliminate every Democratic-leaning district that they technically could… but the party’s aggressive mid-cycle redistricting suggests they would eliminate enough to obtain a significant structural advantage. It’s not clear whether this would occur by next year’s midterm elections, with a court ruling likely next summer, but the new seats would eventually be enough to make Republicans favored to win the House even if they lost the popular vote by a wide margin.”
Los Angeles Times: Supreme Court might upend Voting Rights Act and help GOP keep control of the House.
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