As things stand right now, Republicans are heavily favored to take control of the House in the 2022 midterm elections. This isn't because of dissatisfaction with Democratic results, or because a year before election day Democratic candidates have all botched their campaigns irrecoverably. It's because in more states than not, Republicans are the ones drawing the lines of where each new congressional district will go, and Republicans have already redrawn maps in enough states to be all but assured of victory when Election Day finally rolls around. That's the analysis from The New York Times, which has noted that Republicans only needed to flip a handful of seats to regain power and, based on the maps already out, the party's lawmakers have already redrawn district boundaries into ones that will give them those wins. The actual election part, the part we point to as evidence of our robust democracy, is of little consequence. In most states lawmakers are easily able to draw maps which will all but assure their own reelections, all but assure that the opposing party is stuffed into as few districts as possible, or carefully divided so that they represent an always-manageable minority inside multiple Republican districts rather than gaining majority status anywhere. Elections aren't going to save us, because they're among the things being taken from us. Right now. As we speak. Read more