Months into his second term, Donald Trump wagered that he could beat the historic trend of the party in power losing seats in midterm elections if Republican-led states redrew congressional maps to sweep Democrats out of office.
The gamble is looking to be a bust, or at best a draw, for the president, after Democrats fought back with their own redistricting efforts, the latest of which came to fruition in Virginia on Tuesday, when voters approved a plan that could remove all but one of the five Republicans in its current House of Representatives delegation.
Far from defying history, Trump now seems set to succumb to it, as the Democratic counteroffensive coupled with voter dissatisfaction towards the president’s own policies sets the stage for Republicans to suffer potentially brutal losses in November’s midterm elections.
Let’s remember this is a guy who managed to bankrupt casinos. Gambling is not his strong suit.
I mean, they could try to make that differentiation, but in both cases, the Legislature still has to pass the final bill again, unless I’m mistaken. I know that’s the case in the Commonwealth; California, I can’t say for certain.
At any rate, the rest of the world is laughing at us that instead of focusing on a pointless war, we’re focused on changing election rules. If this were any other country, we’d be mocking them, but American exceptionalism strikes again.
So long, and thanks for all the fish.