When redistricting is complete, there could be between 30 and 35 competitive seats, predicted Dave Wasserman, a redistricting expert for the non-partisan Cook Political Report. As the number of competitive seats falls, the number of super-safe seats is also rising. And we’ve seen an annihilation of competitive seats in the last several decades,” Wasserman said. He also noted that there can be a tradeoff between partisan fairness and competitive districts. In a state where voters are closely divided between the two parties, lawmakers could choose to maximize drawing competitive districts or districts that lock in a split result between the two parties.

Source: The Guardian February 12, 2022 23:19 UTC