Our current system for elections to the House of Representatives systematically enables gerrymandering and helps trap the Left inside the Democratic Party. We need proportional representation.
Texas Republicans have redrawn their US House map five years early, aiming to flip up to five Democratic seats in next year’s election. The move ignited a nationwide “high-stakes showdown” over gerrymandering, one that now stretches to California’s ballot this November.
In response to the Texas GOP’s redistricting push, Democrats from the state traveled to California and Illinois to plan a response with governors Gavin Newsom and J. B. Pritzker, respectively, who threatened retaliation with gerrymandered districts of their own. Newsom called it fighting fire with fire, warning once again that Ameri