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Redistricting set the GOP up for electoral success and Democrats are fighting back.
The following article by Joseph P. Williams was posted on the U.S. News website July 14, 2017:
For the Republican Party, the 2010 midterm elections have been a gift that keeps on giving.
Besides sending Democrats into the political wilderness, the electoral surge that swept Republicans to the House majority also gave them control of the lion’s share of state legislatures, just as the decennial redrawing of local voting districts was set to begin. Sensing a once-in-a-generation opportunity, GOP officials executed a detailed, swing-state plan to carve out safe legislative districts for themselves, accusations of gerrymandering (and allegations of racism) be damned.
They’ve held the House majority ever since.