Trump-backed Republican redistricting plan fails in midterm elections

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 4 Nov, 14:04 · Archive

Republicans' Trump-backed plan to redraw congressional districts to gain an advantage in midterm elections has failed.

Republicans redrew congressional districts in eight states at President Donald Trump's urging over the past year, seeking to gain enough seats to hold a slim House majority in what promised to be a tough midterm election.

The strategy backfired entirely. Republicans lost most of the Democratic-held seats they had targeted to flip, lost others they had banked on retaining, and were swept from power by a Democratic surge. Voters cited dissatisfaction with Trump, the economy and the war with Iran as reasons for the shift.

The redistricting effort fell flat in Alabama, Florida and Texas. Courts blocked it in Missouri, and voters firmly rejected it on election day. In California, Democrats pursued retaliatory redistricting that flipped previously Republican-held seats. Former Attorney General Eric Holder, chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, said the Trump plan 'was systematically dismantled'.

Trump had sparked the unusual mid-decade redistricting battle when he urged Texas Republicans to reshape U.S. House districts to gain five additional seats. A Supreme Court ruling that weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for majority Black districts spurred further redistricting efforts in the South.

How it is being reported

• Trump-backed Republican redistricting sought a midterm edge. It didn't workRepublicans' plan to redraw congressional districts to their advantage has failed to work in the midterm elections.News4Jax · 4 Nov, 13:16
• Trump-backed Republican redistricting sought a midterm edge. It didn't workRepublicans' plan to redraw congressional districts to their advantage has failed to work in the midterm elections.Clickorlando · 4 Nov, 13:16

In this story: Donald Trump · Eric Holder · Alabama · Florida · Texas · Missouri · California · National Democratic Redistricting Committee

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