Republicans set to lose multiple seats due to Supreme Court ruling
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NAACP president Derrick Johnson welcomed the Supreme Court's decision as a "triumph for our democracy."

After Alabama was ordered to redraw their Congressional maps, Republicans are facing potential loss of some seats in the House.

  • baronvonjOP
    16·
    2 years ago

    Looks like 5 seats could end up becoming Democratic, which would mean an even split of 217 seats each.

    • TheDogAndTheDragon@kbin.social
      3·
      2 years ago

      This would only be at the next election right? So it would just make the split more “fair” for what the population in general wants. But the House does tend to go for the winning candidate’s Party during a Presidential election year I think.

      • RedPander@lemmy.rogers-net.com
        7·
        2 years ago

        Another issue is timing. State(s) could drag their feet in redistricting and if it gets too close to the election say they don’t have time to complete the courts request. I hope there’s timeliness enforced.

        Also, yes usually the house goes to the winning candidate for the first two years than swaps.

          • taj
            3·
            2 years ago

            Yup. That’s the way the Ohio ‘non-gerrymandering’ law was written. Just drag your feet long enough, and it goes back to the (Republican-leaning) legislature. And then just drag their feet long enough, and those maps get used regardless of legality (they were ruled illegal… 2, 3x over by the state Supreme Court, but no matter!)