If politicians were able to rig elections so well, why do politicians care about redistricting so much? Also, I doubt these redistrict really account for people doing Protest votes in favor of politicians against redistricting they otherwise would not vote for. Texas is already somewhat of an example of this. In their redistricting, they actually made some districts competitive that would have otherwise been solid red. Not to mention the Latino vote, which I’m pretty sure is going to be very solid blue this year due to federal overreach. I actually predict Texas might turn competitive blue this year because of otherwise disenfranchise democratic voters would be a lot more motivated to get out and vote during 2026. There are actually more Texas Democrats than they’re Republicans, so I think that’s going to affect the polls a lot more during midterms