But aren’t they weakening the overall districts? Maybe it doesn’t matter in these districts, not sure.
By doing it this way, rather than grouping most of Salt Lake City into one Democratic stronghold and creating three safely Republican seats, Republicans have an opportunity to maintain control of all four House seats next year.
But they have also risked creating a so-called dummymander — a gerrymandered map that backfires against the party it’s intended to favor. Republicans drew two light-red districts — one more competitive than the other — that could both potentially flip toward Democrats in a year that strongly favors them.
Along with two safe Republican seats, the new map, which must still be signed by Gov. Spencer Cox and approved by a judge, creates one district that Trump won by about seven percentage points last year, and another district that Trump won by about 2 points.
Yes, but not by enough to matter. It’ll still take more than 60% of the votes going for Democrats to change who holds power. Gerrymandering has gotten really effective, and the peolle drawing the maps know in advance which way most households are inclined to vote.
But aren’t they weakening the overall districts? Maybe it doesn’t matter in these districts, not sure.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/on-politics-utah-redistricting.html
Yes, but not by enough to matter. It’ll still take more than 60% of the votes going for Democrats to change who holds power. Gerrymandering has gotten really effective, and the peolle drawing the maps know in advance which way most households are inclined to vote.
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