The battle for the House majority in next year's midterms is growing increasingly competitive as redistricting reshapes the country's political landscape. Democrats, buoyed by a string of off-year special election victories and historic trends, are optimistic about flipping the lower chamber. They point to generic ballot polling that shows them leading the GOP, as well as President Trump’s sinking approval numbers, as reasons for their optimism.
But the recent GOP push to redraw congressional lines in multiple red states threatens to effectively cancel out these advantages, especially as Democrats face fewer options to counter their opponents with their own redistricting. As a result, the race for the House is currently shaping up as a coin flip, some experts say. “At this stage in the ga