Should the Democrats gerrymander ever state they have a trifecta in? Why should they put themselves at a disadvantage in the 2028 presidential elections?
Democrats now can remove all of the gerrymandering in the states they currently have control over. The districts would be redrawn by the state legislature to be more fair. They would remove all the GOP gerrymanders.
But if Trump and Republicans opposes the democrats legislation the democrats will heavily gerrymander all the states they currently have control over and change the retirement age of the state supreme courts.
So if Trump vetoes legislation Democrats heavily gerrymander one state. If he vetoes more legislation they gerrymander another state. If he vetoes more legislation they change the retirement age and appoint their own justices.
They could later negotiate with republicans to pass new Civil Rights Act banning all forms of gerrymandering and voter suppression.
I’m not sure any state legislatures that have redistricting power changed enough with this election to give Dems any new power. They broke GOP super majorities in Ohio and NC but that’s not enough to do anything. Were there any others?
They control the Texas House and governorship. At the very least, it would be very easy to force a neutral gerrymander through. They have an enormous mandate and could make removal of the conservative gerrymander a condition for passing any legislation.
Wouldn’t they need the Texas senate?
Read again.