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The American political system has for years transformed into a more partisan, brutalized and norm-scorning version of itself. The old rules are increasingly out; whatever-it-takes is increasingly in.
Few developments epitomize that transformation like the burgeoning gerrymandering arms race .
Texas Republicans’ recent move to redraw the state’s congressional districts in the middle of the decade has little precedent , and for once nobody is pretending this is about anything other than raw politics. Republicans just want to make it harder for Democrats to flip a closely divided US House in 2026. A Texas Republican state representative told CNN the GOP is doing this “ because it’s good for our party .” President Donald Trump said this