On Tuesday, Democrats won seats in at least 12 districts that Republicans had redrawn in large-scale gerrymandering efforts pushed by President Donald Trump and the GOP over the past year and a half. Last summer, Trump pushed Republican-led states to redraw congressional maps in favor of the Republican Party, and to prevent a loss of power in the midterm elections. He first called on Texas…

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    The primary gerrymandering strategy is to create as many districts that you are just barely winning as possible - which is definitely dangerous when there is a huge political shift