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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Democrats and pro-democracy organizations held a rally Oct. 16 to call for the creation of an independent redistricting commission ...

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.

The razor-thin outcome in Virginia’s recent redistricting referendum, which allowed the state to move forward with a heavily gerrymandered map favoring Democrats, should serve as a national wake-up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 13—Proponents of a state constitutional amendment to establish a non-political map-drawing process on Friday announced the ...

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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