Across the nation, state legislatures are racing to redraw electoral maps to give their preferred political party an advantage in next year’s midterm elections. Partisan gerrymandering is not new, but until recently, owning up to it has been taboo.

First, Texas heeded President Donald Trump’s directive to find five more Republican U.S. House seats during a special session originally intended to address flood recovery. Then, California lawmakers put a ballot measure to voters, which will ask them to approve a map that would likely give Democrats five additional seats.

Most recently, Missouri advanced a redistricting plan that’s expected to give Republicans one more U.S. Representative. Several other states, including Ohio and Florida, are reportedly considering joining the race.

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