Midterms: What impact did redistricting in California and Texas have?
Last year, California voters approved a bill to temporarily redraw the state’s congressional map to make certain congressional districts more favourable to the Democrats – itself a response to a Republican-led redistricting push that began in Texas. France 24’s Wassim Cornet in Los Angeles takes a look at what impact…
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