[PJMEDIA] Florida redistricting after the 2020 census, plus the state’s rapid population growth, will help redraw the country’s election map next year.POLITICO reports that "Florida has gained nearly 3 million people since the last redistricting process a decade ago," and that expansion has "set the stage for a remaking of its political lines headed into a 2022 election likely to determine control of the U.S. House."
The paper’s Gary Fineout and Matt Dixon remind readers that redistricting "will be controlled by Republicans, who already hold 16 of the state’s 27 congressional districts." Democrats worry that "the new maps will only further banish them in Florida’s political desert."
Florida will gain a 28th seat in the next Congress, not to mention a 30th Electoral College vote in the 2024 presidential election. That nicely matches the losses suffered by New York State, and ironically enough, New Yorkers fled their own COVID lockdowns for Florida.
The seeming miracle here — at least to this Coloradan’s eyes — is that the faster Florida grows, the redder it gets.
It isn’t due to redistricting dirty tricks in Florida, either, even though you can expect Dems to scream bloody murder about them anyway. Governor Ron DeSantis revealed this spring that an "overwhelming" number of new residents are registering R instead of D.