Ari Berman

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Fresh Air · A look at new barriers at the ballot box · 8 Jul 2026 podcast

It led to Democrats fighting back.

But Democrats have been hamstrung.

They've been hamstrung by the Supreme Court.

They've been hamstrung by state courts.

For example, the Virginia Supreme Court throwing out a voter-approved referendum where state courts in other places like Florida or Missouri

have given a green light to Republican gerrymandered efforts, which means that if you look at the totality heading into the midterms, Republicans have a 10-seat advantage because of redistricting alone.

Had it not been for this kind of gerrymandering, there would be no question that Democrats would retake.

And the question wouldn't be, are they going to retake the House?

The question would be, how many seats are they going to win?

10, 20, 30, 40?

Now the question is, can they overcome that 10-seat advantage that Republicans have from redistricting alone?

And this is just the first phase of this fight, because once we get out of the midterms, a lot of state legislatures are going to come back and they're going to redraw new maps internationally.

in 27, in 28, both red and blue states.

And my fear is that this is going to be a race to the bottom, that Republican-controlled states are going to try to maximize their representation.

Democratic-controlled states are going to try to maximize their representation.

What it's going to lead to is

more polarization, less competition, more partisanship, all the things that voters say they hate about the political system the most is going to become magnified.

And that's ultimately why I think we need a solution on a national level here to get rid of this kind of partisan gerrymandering once and for all.

It's certainly not possible now.

And

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