HIGHLAND- Sip Coffee House in Highland, Indiana, within the heart of the nearly purple 1st Congressional District, is the kind of place where eavesdroppers aren't afraid to join a conversation at the next table about politics.

The topic du jour is redistricting , seeing as their Democratic district is ripe for the carving should Indiana leaders fulfill President Donald Trump's request to redraw the state's congressional maps mid-decade, amid a nationwide effort to pad the Republican majority in Congress. The mood in the 1st District, where Democrats are poised to lose what little like-minded representation they have in the state, is a mix of disappointment and healthy skepticism.

"Every ten years they should be counted, every ten years they should make a new map ― simple as that," said

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