Redistricting May Add to Obstacles for Democrats to Keep House Majority
The Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) revealed that will target 22 districts for the 2022 midterm elections in their effort to keep their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrats will be safeguarding a slim majority with 220 members against 211 Republicans and 4 vacancies, and are preparing to defend their lead going into the 2022 redistricting cycle, in which states redraw the boundaries for both their congressional and state legislative districts according to the 2020 Census data that is to be published. The decennial redistricting process, delayed due to COVID-19, may give the House GOP an edge this round, as population increases change the number of districts in each state and many Democrat states lost people during pandemic lockdowns to Republican-led states. There is also the added historic trend for Democrats that has seen party in the White House lose seats during House mid-term elections. Normally, apportionment data is released at the end of …
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