Everyone is losing in the war of re -dividing the circles

GERRYMANDERING, a previously shaken theme for its discussion mainly among AP history students and political scientists, recently controlled national news headlines. In the struggle to control Congress after the mid -period elections 2026, the rulers of many states choose to kidnap the Deciel operation in favor of partisanship, instead of allowing voters to decide who should represent them in Congress.

The election analyst and expert on the re -dividing the Dave and Yusman recently pointed to what is happening as “the end of the world to calm blood vessels.” CNN indicated this as “Battle Royale”. “We are in war,” said Cathy Hochol (DN.Y.).

It is easy to direct the fingers to the R-TEXAS ruler and says, “It has started!” Abbott highlights President Trump’s proposal that the state is re-dividing the circles in the middle of the circles and attracting five additional republican seats-a desperate attempt to avoid a “mid-term curse”, as the current president’s party usually loses home seats in the mid-term elections.

But Archduke Ferdinand in the war to re -divide the circles is not Texas, it is in reality Ohio.

There is a well -related saying here: “This is how Ohio goes, so the nation goes.” Over two sessions to re -divide the past circles, Ohio fell into a very mixed path that the nation seems to follow now. In matters that extend beyond Ohio and GerryMandering, it is necessary to pay attention to what is going on in the states of countries throughout the country, “autocracy laboratories” as they are often called, to look at the corruption that awaits our national policy.

Ohio has some of the country’s most players. The legislative body of the state and the Republican Refining Committee, which the Republicans dominated, renewed maps through a series of secret rear room deals, ignoring the multiple court orders, and a deliberate strategy for voters in an attempt to reform. They even tried to isolate the head of the Republican judges in the Supreme Court in Ohio to rule their forged maps.

However, while politicians in the state were wandering in Ohio, unfortunately, a few people were noticing. Although the rules were repeatedly broken, there was no accountability for the elected officials who participated in the scheme. On the contrary, most of those who participated in the electoral areas that were guaranteed to win, and the majority of the veto in the state legislature. This allowed the state Republicans to pass unimaginable laws that most voters are not supported.

Take, for example, Ohio’s pulsing law, which banned abortion six weeks after pregnancy. A poll showed that a majority – approximately 60 percent – of Ohio supporting abortion rights, with only 32 percent opposition and 10 percent not resolved it. These numbers have kept relatively fixed for several years. However, it appears that the legislative vote for the year 2019, which has been passed by the bill, reflects the opposite; Ohio, the scale, 56-40, and the Senate in Ohio 18-12.

Although ordinary voters across the country did not notice what was happening in Buckeye, political activists were. What happened in Ohio is now working as a playing book for what we see in states such as Texas, Missouri and Florida.

Conservatives and legislative bodies of the state in these states indicated that they are ready to cheat to win. The Trump administration has shown its willingness to ignore the orders of the court that she does not like. And if they continue to do so, it is possible that we have a conference that continues to pass unimaginable legislation with voters.

Politics is often like physics, in every work, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Democrats have indicated that they are ready to fight through blue states such as California and New York. Some have praised them for this effort, as one of the democratic advisers said: “There is anger among the Democrats, and they wonder why their elected leaders do everything in their power to fight … Cathy Hochol is there, saying:“ I will do their best to fight-including Gerrymanding the St. “

But with the escalation of wars of re -dividing circles, it is also a reminder that, as in any war, no one really wins. Regardless of the party that controls Congress after the mid -period 2026, voters in both the red and blue states will be deprived, in a direct violation of the “one -man, one vote” element for the Supreme Court. Both Democrats in the red states and Republicans in the blue states will be without any form of real representation. Even those who have a member of Congress in their favorite partisan affiliation will represent a more extreme candidate that does not reflect the sites of their policy in that province.

The Associated Press also noted, “Gerrymandering, which was once a fearful accusation, became a battle cry.” If there is any lesson we can take away from the battle, these lines that we need to re -draw are not those that separate the Congress, but those we want to cross to ensure our team win at any cost.

Rori Riley Toping is a legal analyst for Spectrum News 1 Ohio, a former employee of Hill, and author, including the book “The American veteran justice and warrior” And a book coming on partisan gerrymandering.