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.

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 ...

(Bloomberg) -- Gerrymandering is almost as old as the US republic itself. It’s the process of drawing electoral district lines in sometimes absurd ways to fortify one political party at the expense of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Missouri Republican lawmakers late Thursday voted to advance a new, gerrymandered congressional map despite hours of fiery public ...

In November 2024, many voters across Alabama saw a ballot that represented them – some for the first time. After decades of blatant underrepresentation, Black citizens in South Alabama were finally ...

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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