HARRISBURG, Pa. (@AP) — Pennsylvania court issues new congressional district map for 2018 elections; map almost certain to face GOP challenge. pic.twitter.com/u1PGvLz0i7
— Marc Levy (@timelywriter) February 19, 2018
PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday released a new congressional district map, upending familiar boundaries, renumbering districts across the state and giving a potential boost to Democrats in the 2018 House elections.
Per Cook PVI, the PA map went from (i) 14 R seats (of varying strength) and 4 D seats to (ii) 10 R seats and 8 D seats. Trump won PA by 1.2%, the court drew a R+2 map, and this is @hotlinejosh’s take. pic.twitter.com/vzSvvGRrRp
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) February 19, 2018
The result: Dems have a great shot to win 8-11 of PA's 18 seats in November. Under a truly partisan-blind compact map, maybe 7-10. Under old GOP map, maybe 6-9.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) February 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/gelliottmorris/status/965708827034374144
All gerrymandering should be declared unconstitutional and made illegal.
The Democrats need to take 24 seats away from the Republicans in the House to regain control in November.
Those 24 seats will come from California and New York.
And lots of other states if we all go out and vote every Republican out of office in November.
Good luck to the people of Pennsylvania because the Republicans are about to rain multiple lawsuits down on their heads. Very costly lawsuits.