As Indiana lawmakers head to Washington, D.C., today for a White House meeting on multiple issues including redistricting, a new statewide poll shows most Hoosiers don’t want to see the state’s congressional maps redrawn mid-decade.
The survey of 1,662 registered voters, conducted Aug. 18–21 by left-leaning Change Research, found that just 34% of respondents initially supported redrawing maps this year, while 52% opposed the idea — of those, 43% said they were “very opposed.”
After reviewing arguments for and against the move, sometimes called push polling, support among survey respondents dropped further to 29%, with opposition climbing to 60%.
“Hoosiers play fair. When D.C. outsiders change the rules in the middle of the game, it makes it clear the system is rigged and discourages par