How Republicans Are Breaking Up Majority-Black Districts

There's a lot of awful things being done under Trump, but this blatant and open voter disenfranchisement by the Republicans in a bunch of states is in my top ten, and very worrisome. It's among a few things that make me worry the midterms aren't going to go like people think they will.

But aren't they weakening the overall districts? Maybe it doesn't matter in these districts, not sure.

By doing it this way, rather than grouping most of Salt Lake City into one Democratic stronghold and creating three safely Republican seats, Republicans have an opportunity to maintain control of all four House seats next year.

But they have also risked creating a so-called dummymander — a gerrymandered map that backfires against the party it’s intended to favor. Republicans drew two light-red districts — one more competitive than the other — that could both potentially flip toward Democrats in a year that strongly favors them.

Along with two safe Republican seats, the new map, which must still be signed by Gov. Spencer Cox and approved by a judge, creates one district that Trump won by about seven percentage points last year, and another district that Trump won by about 2 points.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/on-politics-utah-redistricting.html