Republicans in other states have taken unfavorable gerrymandering rulings to the federal courts, which have proved sympathetic to the party’s redistricting efforts in recent months. The Republican map was “a cynical and shameful attempt to dilute the voting power of Kansas’s Black, Latino and Democratic voters,” said Stanton Jones, a lawyer for the Washington firm Arnold & Porter, which represented 11 Kansas voters who separately sued the Legislature. of Kansas and the Campaign Legal Center sued in the district court, in Kansas City, to block the map. The Legislature overrode the veto, and the A.C.L.U. Kelly had vetoed the congressional map after Republican supermajorities in the State House and State Senate approved it in late January. Deepening Divides: As political mapmakers create lopsided new district lines, the already polarized parties are being pulled even farther apart.Killing Competition: The number of competitive districts is dropping, as both parties use redistricting to draw themselves into safe seats.Understand Gerrymandering: Can you gerrymander your party to power? Try to draw your own districts in this imaginary state.
Redistricting, Explained: Here are some answers to your most pressing questions about the process that is reshaping American politics.
