Summary
Texas Republicans are working on changing the boundaries of voting districts, a process called redistricting. This move could result in them gaining more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, and similar redistricting efforts are happening in other states.
Key Facts
- Texas Republicans are redrawing voting districts.
- The new map could give Texas Republicans up to five more House seats.
- Democratic lawmakers in Texas left the state to prevent a vote on redistricting.
- Redrawing districts can influence which political party controls Congress.
- President Trump is supporting similar efforts by Republicans in other states.
- The Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that there are no federal limits on partisan redistricting.
- Gerrymandering, or drawing districts to favor one party, has been part of U.S. politics for a long time.
