How Trump wants to increase chairs to republicans

Electoral districts are reviewed, as a rule, every ten years, based on the demographic census. As states grow, they can gain more seats in legislative houses. The last census was in 2020 and the next is scheduled for 2030.

However, there is a movement in some states for the revision of the districts later this year. Mapping is based on electoral and census information, and with the help of geolocation software.

In practice, parties regroup voters. Redesign can follow in some ways, such as: placing as many rival party voters as possible in a few districts, where they earn with a large margin, but they are no longer threats in other locations. Or dividing voters from a particular party, diluting their votes.

Practice impairs democracy

Manipulation makes election results fail to reflect the wishes of the majority. This is quite evident when a party receives fewer votes in total, but gets more chairs in the legislature.

Another impact is the reduction of electoral participation, especially minorities. In an interview with Facto News, UNB History Professor Virgílio Caixeta Arraes explained that as Americans see that “the electoral game is defined above, among the party summits,” part of them “see no sense to participate.”