Gerrymandering
Drawing district lines to entrench one party's advantage — the core mechanism behind Ohio's Redistricting (Ohio) fights.
In Ohio
- Ohio's legislative supermajorities and its congressional delegation both reflect maps repeatedly found to favor Republicans beyond the state's actual partisan lean.
- The 2025 map is a clear case of mid-decade gerrymandering — redrawing to convert competitive Democratic seats (OH-1) into GOP-leaning ones.
Sources
- Ohio Redistricting Commission unanimously passes congressional map furthering GOP advantage — Ohio Capital Journal (retrieved 2026-07-03)
- Rating the New Ohio congressional map (Sabato's Crystal Ball) — UVA Center for Politics (retrieved 2026-07-03)
- 2025 Year in Review: Ohio gets another new congressional map — Statehouse News Bureau (retrieved 2026-07-03)
- 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio — Wikipedia (retrieved 2026-07-03)