Indiana Senate Republicans reject Trump’s redistricting push

[ThatRobGuy]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/politics/indiana-senate-republicans-redistricting-trump

Indianapolis —
The Indiana Senate on Thursday voted down a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to produce two more GOP-friendly seats, rejecting President Donald Trump’s months-long campaign to pressure the Republican supermajority in the deep-red state to bend to his will.

The 31-19 vote saw 21 Republicans join 10 Democrats in voting down the proposed map that would have positioned the GOP, which currently holds seven of Indiana’s nine US House seats, for a sweep of all nine seats in next year’s midterm elections.


I wonder how much of this "Hoosier defiance" from the Indiana state GOP could be a little bit of payback for the way Trump treated (presumably) their former friend, and pretty popular GOP governor, Mike Pence.

 

[mindlight]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/politics/indiana-senate-republicans-redistricting-trump

Indianapolis —
The Indiana Senate on Thursday voted down a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to produce two more GOP-friendly seats, rejecting President Donald Trump’s months-long campaign to pressure the Republican supermajority in the deep-red state to bend to his will.

The 31-19 vote saw 21 Republicans join 10 Democrats in voting down the proposed map that would have positioned the GOP, which currently holds seven of Indiana’s nine US House seats, for a sweep of all nine seats in next year’s midterm elections.


I wonder how much of this "Hoosier defiance" from the Indiana state GOP could be a little bit of payback for the way Trump treated (presumably) their former friend, and pretty popular GOP governor, Mike Pence.

Like Mike Pence it seems Republicans in this state still have some integrity. This discussion reminds of the British historical experience of rotten boroughs or indeed the ways in which blacks were excluded from the ballot in Southern states by intimidation. There have always been attempts to manipulate democratic systems to secure favorable outcomes to the incumbents. But the USA is not a African Banana Republic - is it?

 

[seeking.IAM]

But the USA is not a African Banana Republic - is it?

Not quite yet. Give us a few months. We're working on it.

 

[Hans Blaster]

But the USA is not a African Banana Republic - is it?

Of course not, the USA has not bananas, nor is it in Africa. (Banana republics are in Central America and fruit companies no longer control any nations.