The piece you’re getting in Cali omits important shit.

The main impetus for this was Texas who redistributed by it’s independent commission after the 2020 census. When they drew the new maps, there was a lawsuit in Federal Court saying that TX had dilutes majority-black districts with Hispanics. There are several _Southern_ states that have to track this because Southern state governments made it so pretty much only white Democrats could be elected.

Part of what happened before the 1994 election was that states who’d diluted black districts had to create majority-minority districts. What happens next? Lots of longtime white democrats retire, Republicans win the whiter districts, and Cynthia McKinney gets elected in GA.

In states not covered by the consent decree, Democrats continue drawing politically-advantageous districts.

There are _no_ Republicans in Congress from ME, MA, VT. Trump pulled something like 44% of the vote in IL, and there’s only like 19% Republican representation in the House.

Because TX was forced to redistrict, other states are doing mid-cycle things to make up for what will be net gains in TX.

Maryland, which was a slave state, but never seceded, is looking at it. There’ll likely be no Republicans from Maryland. OH and IN will also likely gain Republican seats if they do it.

All that said, the fix isn’t tough.
Expand.
The.
House.

Take a state’s population, divide by the smallest state’s population, then round UP to the next whole number.

The 435 limit was because they were running out of chairs in the House chamber. I’m sure there’s some other place they can hold SOTU.