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The 2020 United States redistricting cycle is in progress following the completion of the 2020 United States census. In all fifty states , various bodies are re-drawing state legislative districts. States that are apportioned more than one seat in the United States House of Representatives are also drawing new districts for that legislative body.
Redistricting in the United States is the process of drawing electoral district boundaries. [1] For the United States House of Representatives, and state legislatures, redistricting occurs after each ten-year census. [2] The U.S. Constitution in Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3 provides for proportional representation in the House of Representatives.
In the lead-up to the 2010 United States elections, the Republican Party initiated a program called REDMAP, the Redistricting Majority Project, which recognized that the party in control of state legislatures would have the ability to set their congressional and legislative district maps based on the pending 2010 United States census in manner ...
In three states, redistricting was mandated by federal courts under the Voting Rights Act. ... the partisan breakdown of Georgia’s new districts for the 2024 cycle remains unchanged at nine ...
After nearly a year of partisan battles, number-crunching and lawsuits, the once-a-decade congressional redistricting cycle is ending in a draw. The new congressional maps have a total of 226 ...
Next week's census announcement will serve as the start of the chaotic and sometimes ruthless process of redrawing the country's political maps.
In the United States, all states with multiple congressional districts are required to revise their district maps following each decennial census to account for population changes. In 2026, most states will use the same districts created in the redistricting cycle following the 2020 census, which were first used in the 2022 elections. However ...
The once-in-a-decade redistricting cycle is in full swing, and wilder than ever. The maps that emerge in the coming months will shape the balance of power in Washington for years to come.