How Redistricting Is Making the Midterms Less Competitive (opens in new tab)

Across the U.S. states that have had their maps redrawn, partisan gerrymandering is eroding the number of competitive districts where elections are actually won and lost. The nationwide redistricting battles have made competitive districts — where a candidate leads a challenger by fewer than 10 percentage points — increasingly rare. At the link in our bio, read more about how this is changing midterm elections and why experts say the lack of competition is bad for democracy.