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Supreme Court ruling enables partisan gerrymandering, reducing competitive elections

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The Supreme Court has allowed partisan gerrymandering to shield redistricting maps from legal challenges, a decision that is expected to further reduce the number of competitive House districts. This ruling exacerbates a trend where elections are increasingly decided in primaries, which tend to favor more ideologically extreme party members over the general electorate. Consequently, fewer House races are anticipated to be competitive in the upcoming midterms, with a significant decrease in "Toss Up" designations compared to previous election cycles. AI

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  1. Axios Technology TIER_1 English(EN) · Avery Lotz ·

    Supreme Court supercharges the death of competitive districts

    <p>The <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/25/trump-republicans-polls-midterms-approval" target="_blank">2026 midterms</a> are expected to have fewer competitive House districts than past elections, and the Supreme Court just <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/29/supreme-c…

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