Emma Shortis has been speaking extensively on this – that the US may have elections in 2026, but the gerrymandering means the votes will not mean as much. As a Queenslander, I know exactly how this works. People think the Joh Bjelke-Petersen government was wildly popular the whole time it was in government because of how many seats it held. It wasn’t. In 1972, Joh received just 20% of the vote, and the Liberal party just 22% of the vote – while Labor won 46% of the vote – but the Bjelkemander gave the Coalition 47 seats to Labor’s 33. That only continued to get worse as Joh kept remapping the boundaries to ensure his support.
The Republicans are no stranger to gerrymandering. The Trumpmander is going to make everything so much worse.
We should be very, very grateful for our independent electoral authority.
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