Democracy is deteriorating in much of the world and changes in the United States under President Donald Trump threaten to accelerate the decline, according to a pro-democracy institute that has the ...

Texas Republicans have just unveiled new Trump-ordered congressional maps that eliminate five Democratic-held seats—deliberately shifting them to the GOP in a bid to lock down control of the U.S.

(The Center Square) – States are gearing up to deliver more votes for their favored political parties in a rare, mid-decade overhaul of voting maps that threatens to frustrate voters ahead of the 2026 ...

Looking at the election results, one thing is crystal clear. Tennessee and Hamilton County are profoundly conservative, but another thing is also true. There are millions in the Volunteer State and ...

Gov. JB Pritzker’s beating the drum on legislative maps again. No, he’s not attending to our egregiously gerrymandered state. He’s riled up about mapmaking drama in Texas. Right now, like other ...

President Donald Trump’s drive to secure Republican advantage in the House through mid-decade redistricting, and Democrats’ move to retaliate, could supercharge the partisan shift in Congress. Samuel ...

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If you don’t vote, you can’t complain. The underlying assumption of that aphorism is that participating in the democratic process gives everyone an equal say. And you’re at fault if you don’t exercise ...