gerrymandering

Texas dispute highlights nation’s long history of partisan gerrymandering

August 12, 2025 The Associated Press

When Democratic lawmakers left Texas to try to prevent the Republican-led Legislature from redrawing the state’s congressional districts, it marked the latest episode in a long national history of gerrymandering. The word “gerrymander” was coined […]

BLAHOUS: Gerrymandering reform should empower voters, not political parties

October 27, 2021 Charles Blahous

On July 22, I was honored to testify, before the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Committee on State Government, about congressional redistricting. My testimony drew heavily from my 2019 study on gerrymandering for the Mercatus Center. […]

Democrats see consequences from redistricting reform push

September 9, 2021 Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

DENVER — Democrats argue that the once-a-decade process of redrawing political maps shouldn’t be a partisan cage match. They’ve pushed for so-called independent commissions to do the work of rebalancing population changes into congressional districts. […]

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Swiss billionaire’s millions may have come to North Carolina

May 12, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A report detailing millions of dollars being channeled into a Democrat redistricting group led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has implications for North Carolina. The Washington Free Beacon recently reported that […]

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BARONE: The 2020 Census: Small Republican gains in a nation hunkered down

May 6, 2021 Michael Barone

The COVID-delayed results of the 2020 census are finally in, with totals for the 50 states and the District of Columbia at nearly one-third of a billion — 331,449,281 — and with surprises having to […]

HILL: Destroying the fabric of democracy

November 13, 2019 Frank Hill

When Mrs. Powel asked Benjamin Franklin at the end of the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787 what sort of government they had created, he replied: “A republic, if you can keep it.” A “democratic republic” he meant. […]

BLAHOUS: Gerrymandering reform shouldn’t be about politics

June 26, 2019 Charles Blahous

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering two cases pertaining to gerrymandering, and its rulings are eagerly awaited by those concerned about the practice. Many commentators take it as axiomatic that gerrymandering is an ongoing scandal, but how problematic is it? The case is not as straightforward as it may first […]

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MATTHEWS: NC Democrats Acknowledge Existence of Liberal Judicial Activism

March 6, 2019 Stacey Matthews

The ruling was stunning. On February 22nd, Wake County Superior Court Judge Bryan Collins struck down two amendments that were approved by North Carolina voters back in November: Capping the income tax rate, and voter […]

U.S. Supreme Court throws out lower ruling against NC Republican election maps

June 27, 2018 North State Journal Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court threw out a lower court’s ruling that North Carolina Republican lawmakers drew congressional district boundaries to ensure lopsided electoral victories for their party against rival Democrats. The justices […]

HILL: NCGOP did not invent gerrymandering in 2011

October 11, 2017 Frank Hill

The Supreme Court heard arguments last week about a redistricting case in Wisconsin that some believe was “too extreme” when it came drawing state legislative maps purely for partisan political purposes. What is “too extreme?” […]