{"id":2603170,"date":"2026-05-15T13:11:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-dems-plan-to-overthrow-scotus-and-electoral-college-red-states-botch-redistricting-to-avoid-looking-mean\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:12:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:12:38","slug":"as-dems-plan-to-overthrow-scotus-and-electoral-college-red-states-botch-redistricting-to-avoid-looking-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-dems-plan-to-overthrow-scotus-and-electoral-college-red-states-botch-redistricting-to-avoid-looking-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"Red States Botch Redistricting To Avoid Looking Mean"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fas-dems-plan-to-overthrow-scotus-and-electoral-college-red-states-botch-redistricting-to-avoid-looking-mean%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2603170&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article argues that U.S. political parties differ sharply on whether they will use power aggressively, especially regarding redistricting after a Supreme Court ruling limiting racial gerrymandering. It says Democrats are prepared to use political mechanisms to reshape institutions if they regain control, while Republicans-despite being well-positioned to redistrict in several states-are allegedly hesitating or taking actions that could blunt their own advantages.<\/p>\n<p>Examples highlighted include Mississippi,where Republican Gov. Tate Reeves canceled a special legislative session that would have included redrawing the state\u2019s U.S. House map, citing concern that changing house districts now could backfire nationally and force the state to restart election preparations because primaries had already occurred.The piece further claims similar reluctance in other states: in louisiana, a GOP-led effort is poised to end a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-some-democrats-concerned-their-voting-rights-bill-might-be-racist\/\" title=\"Report: Some ...s Concerned Their \u2018Voting Rights\u2019 Bill Might Be Racist\">majority-minority district<\/a>, but lawmakers reportedly won\u2019t eliminate both such districts; in Alabama, Republicans appear content using an older 2023 map that keeps one majority-minority district; and in South Carolina, the author suggests Republicans may be trying to delay action so changes don\u2019t take effect in time for the 2026 midterms.<\/p>\n<p>The conclusion warns that only one side, in the author\u2019s view, is \u201cplaying to win,\u201d and it describes the Democratic threats of packing the Supreme Court and eliminating the Electoral college as an existential \u201cdoomsday\u201d scenario-arguing Republicans must respond with urgency or lose power.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The contrast between America\u2019s two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-parliament-votes-unanimously-to-recognize-chinas-genocide\/\" title=\"Canadian Parliament Votes Unanimously To Recognize China\u2019s Genocide\">major political parties<\/a> could not be starker than on the issue of power and who\u2019s willing to use it.<\/p>\n<p>In one corner are the Democrats, who, after being told by the Supreme Court they can\u2019t engage in racial gerrymandering, are promising to pack the high court with left-wing activists and burn down the Electoral College once they regain control of Congress. In the other are Republicans, who, despite holding trifecta control in \u201cred states\u201d impacted by said SCOTUS ruling, are squandering a unique opportunity to redistrict their maps ahead of the 2026 midterms. <\/p>\n<p>In Mississippi, GOP Gov. Tate Reeves abruptly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/05\/13\/mississippi-redistricting-special-session-cancelled\/90060367007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">canceled<\/a> his late April call for a special legislative session on redistricting before this year\u2019s fall elections. The May 20 session was \u201cinitially called to fulfill the court-ordered redistricting of Mississippi\u2019s Supreme Court voting districts,\u201d but notable Republicans pressed \u201cReeves to include Mississippi\u2019s U.S. House voting map in the special session\u201d to redistrict the state\u2019s lone Democrat-run congressional district into Republican hands, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/05\/13\/mississippi-redistricting-special-session-cancelled\/90060367007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mississippi Clarion Ledger<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Rather than move forward with such a proposal, Reeves axed his plans for a special session after a federal appeals court vacated the order requiring the state to redraw its Supreme Court districts. In doing so, the Republican governor \u2014 who <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tatereeves\/status\/2054643266222424457?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> he expects the legislature to take up redistricting \u201csometime BETWEEN NOW and 2027 elections\u201d \u2014 reportedly expressed worry that \u201credrawing U.S. House districts now would potentially backfire on Republicans nationwide,\u201d according to the Ledger. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMississippi has already held its primaries, he said, so implementing new voting districts now would force the state to nullify its primaries and hold another round before the November elections,\u201d the Ledger report reads. \u201cThat could establish a precedent for other states, including those led by Democrats, to cancel out their primaries and foil what he said is shaping up to be a significant gain for Republicans in the U.S. House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi is hardly the only \u201cred state\u201d in which such Republican cowardice has reared its ugly head.<\/p>\n<p>In Louisiana, the GOP-run legislature is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwltv.com\/article\/news\/politics\/louisiana-senators-pass-new-us-house-map-while-south-carolina-plans-for-extra-redistricting-work\/289-674f5c1a-f8ad-40f4-bd54-13515339f95b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poised<\/a> to pass a new congressional map eliminating the majority-minority district at issue in the aforementioned SCOTUS case. The proposal would take the state from a four Republican-two Democrat map to a five Republican-one Democrat map. <\/p>\n<p>The catch, however, is that the new map doesn\u2019t eliminate both majority-minority districts controlled by Democrats. According to NBC News, GOP lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/louisiana-gop-lawmakers-advance-map-eliminating-one-democratic-house-d-rcna344726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declined<\/a> to consider a proposal that would\u2019ve achieved such an outcome. <\/p>\n<p>A similar dynamic is also seemingly playing out in Alabama, which recently <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/12\/supreme-court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-scrap-affirmative-action-districts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">received<\/a> a favorable ruling from the Supreme Court on the subject. Republican lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/alabamareflector.com\/2026\/05\/13\/alabama-moves-to-implement-2023-congressional-map-as-legal-battle-continues-in-courts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seem content<\/a> with using their now-available 2023 map that includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >single majority-minority district controlled<\/a> by Democrats rather than draft a new map that eliminates all such districts. <\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear whether South Carolina Republicans will pass a new map to redistrict longtime Democrat Rep. Jim Clyburn\u2019s seat. Although Gov. Henry McMaster <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/5879222-republican-redistricting-south-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> a special session to do so, a cabal of state Senate Republicans is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepAdamMorgan\/status\/2054983392484291040?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> planning to run out the clock on the issue to prevent a new map from making it through in time for the 2026 midterms. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would tell my Republican friends: Republicans are stronger when the Democrat Party is vibrant and viable. We are. Competition makes you better, ya\u2019ll,\u201d South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, a Republican, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2054320473190940892?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> during a recent floor speech <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/south-carolina-state-senate-rejects-effort-tackle-redistricting-pressu-rcna344815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opposing<\/a> redistricting efforts. <\/p>\n<p>Never in a million years would a Democrat be caught dead saying something as asinine as that. That\u2019s because, unlike their GOP counterparts, Democrats actually fight to win. <\/p>\n<p>When in power, leftists waste no time in using every mechanism at their disposal to ram through their radical agenda and punish their political opponents. Like breathing, it comes natural to them. They focus on achieving their objectives and worry about potential public blowback later. <\/p>\n<p>Too many Republicans are the exact opposite. They lack a coherent worldview, have no motivation to implement their voters\u2019 wishes, and cower away at the earliest sign of manufactured media outrage. They further justify such weakness by pointing to \u201cprinciple,\u201d while Democrats laugh and destroy the country around them. <\/p>\n<p>Right now, there\u2019s only one side playing to win. And it\u2019s the side <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/14\/dem-frontrunner-floats-packing-scotus-nuking-electoral-college-as-2028-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">threatening<\/a> to pack the Supreme Court, abolish the Electoral College, and make Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico states so that Republicans are locked out of power for good.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a doomsday scenario under which this nation cannot survive. If Republicans can\u2019t find it within themselves to recognize the moment and step up, then they should get out of office and make room for people who do and will. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. His work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics and RealClearHealth. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two parties differ sharply on power: Democrats plan court packing and Electoral College repeal, while Republicans squander redistricting chances<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2603173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/USA.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[6571,22850,32504,16985],"class_list":["post-2603170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-elections","tag-gerrymandering","tag-political-strategy","tag-redistricting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/USA.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2603170"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2603175,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603170\/revisions\/2603175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2603173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2603170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2603170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2603170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}