When it comes to gerrymandering efforts by Democrats and Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms, redistricting expert Jonathan Cervas believes one party currently has an advantage.
“If nothing changes, as [the districts] are right now, Democrats have clearly won this war,” Cervas said in a Wednesday appearance on Mediaite founder Dan Abrams’ SiriusXM radio show. “Without a doubt.”
An assistant professor specializing in voting rights at Carnegie Mellon University, Cervas said he was taking the passage of California’s Proposition 50, which will allow the state’s Democratic-controlled Legislature to redraw its congressional districts, and a federal district court’s rejection of Texas’ mid-decade redistricting into account.
The 2025 elections were widely characterized as the first electoral test of President Donald Trump’s second term. By all accounts, the outlook for the GOP heading into the 2026 midterms is not good.
The Democrats won governorships in New Jersey and Virginia, and in New York City, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani defeated Trump’s candidate of choice, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in a decisive race for mayor.
