Friends, I know a lot of you are focused on the SAVE Act, which you presume might somehow "save" America. That's pretty unlikely, since the chances of its passage are very low, and in any case no "election integrity" measures passed to date in any purple state have made it any less, or any more, purple. Be that as it may, what might findamentally alter the landscape of American politics is today's Supreme Court decision, which will make it much harder to gerrymander on the basis of race. Up to now, Supreme Court decisions have essentially mandated such gerrymandering in favor of racial minorities, who have had what amounts to a "right" to be represented by someone of their own ethnicity. This is a tremendous boon to Democrats, needless to say, who want as many black and brown Congressmen as possible, and who view these minority Congresspeople as their most reliable servants -- almost as their personal property, as it were! Well, allowing districts to be drawn based on political rather than racial considerations will mean, basically, far fewer minority-majority districts, especially in the South and in major urban areas. The mid-cycle redistricting that we've seen in recent months could pale in comparison to what we'll see in the weeks and months to come, therefore! Republicans could conceivably net dozens of seats from this change. Now, as usual, it isn't quite clear how far SCOTUS is prepared to go in ridding us of racial gerrymandering, but this decision is a VERY hopeful sign! I'd say the chances of a Republican-controlled House of Representatives after January 2027 just went way, way up!
