Can The GOP Gerrymander Itself Out A 2026 Wipeout? | First Draft With David Daley
December 1, 2025
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as posted by the channelDavid Daley, author of Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America’s Democracy lays out a landscape where Republicans’ gerrymandered Texas map, the Louisiana case before the Supreme Court, and the broader unraveling of the Voting Rights Act reveal how aggressively the system is tilting away from genuine representation.
Susan Demas pushes into the consequences that extend far beyond partisan math, especially in states where minority voters stand to lose meaningful political power altogether. The tools available to mapmakers have advanced so dramatically that districts can now be engineered to eliminate real competition, insulating lawmakers from public accountability. This is why Daley argues that Democrats cannot out-gerrymander Republicans and that structural reforms like multi-member districts and proportional systems are the only durable path forward. The exchange underscores how close the country is to a point where elections remain performative while the outcomes are predetermined, unless bigger reforms break the cycle.
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