Democrats cant gain any seats by gerrymandering
By David Fredosso
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas Before Election 2010 Democrats were on pace for a very decent redistricting round. They were going to control the creation of 129 districts only 7 fewer than they controlled after the 2000 election. Tuesdays election changed all of that creating a lopsided redistricting advantage for the GOP.
Republicans having won a few legislatures on the last decade were on track to draw 108 seats on their own about ten more than they controlled in 2000.
More important than the absolute numbers of seats is the fact that Democrats were on top in some pretty important states.
Democrats cant gain any seats by gerrymandering Massachusetts (they already hold all of them there) but a bit of re-mapping can dramatically
alter the composition of the U.S. House in:
- Pennsylvania
- North Carolina
- Wisconsin
- New York
- Iowa and
- New Mexico
