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How badly did partisan gerrymandering backfire?

The NPR Politics Podcast

Republicans, at Donald Trump’s behest, carried out partisan gerrymandering plans to try and make GOP-held seats in the House of Representatives less competitive ahead of elections…

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Republicans, at Donald Trump’s behest, carried out partisan gerrymandering plans to try and make GOP-held seats in the House of Representatives less competitive ahead of elections this year. But, the midterm results suggest that plan backfired in a big way. What lessons will each party learn from what happened?Plus, we look at the state of…

Published November 6, 2026 · 28:01

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