Gerrymandering has been a curse since it was first created in the early 1800s by Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry, who was also Vice President under James Madison for less than two years before his death in 1814.
Both political parties, and earlier named parties, used the political tactic to promote redistricting to favor their party fortunes, but now Texas is seemingly ready to redistrict in the middle of a decade, rather than when new census figures come out at the beginning of a new decade.
Their purpose is to make the Republican Party keep control of the House of Representatives by creating more Republican House districts, from three to five more, which likely would insure Republican continued control of Congress, at a time when the margin is just a few votes.
Those few votes make all the difference in passage of legislation and of President Donald Trump’s agenda, so clearly, the Democratic Party is trying to resist it, and may, at the end, utilize the same tactic in California, and possibly in other “Blue States”, such as New York and Illinois, and possibly even elsewhere.
Ohio is also one of the worst in this matter.
There have been attempts to correct, this but the corrupted Republican dominant party always seem to get this stop.
Republicans are brazenly rigging the 2026 midterms!
Two Democratic Governors Say if Texas Redraws Congressional Maps, They May Too
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/us/politics/texas-democrats-redistricting.html
DeSantis says a census redo could be in works amid state redistricting wars.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/30/desantis-census-redo-florida-00485304
Republicans want to rig the Census now???
Gavin Newsom floats November special election for his anti-Trump redistricting push.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/31/gavin-newsom-november-special-election-redistricting-00487541