27.05.2026 - 12:22 [ NPR.org ]

Trump-backed redistricting plan is rejected in the South Carolina Legislature

Trump had been pushing state Republicans to redraw voting lines so they could flip a seat currently held by Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn. It would have made all the state‘s seven congressional districts lean Republican and it would have extended the GOP lead in the national redistricting race, already netting them around nine more seats in the U.S. House.