How Trump’s maps could backfire

特朗普的地图可能适得其反

Today, Explained

2026-06-19

25 分钟
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The president's push to redraw congressional maps to favor Republicans is making voters mad on both sides. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. State Rep. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, speaking to demonstrators after the state's governor approved a new congressional map that will aid Republicans. Photo by Madison Thorn/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • It's Today Explained, I'm Sean Ramos from, and I'm joined by our senior reporter, Miles Bryan.

  • What are you reporting on?

  • Sean, I'm here to talk to you about redistricting.

  • A very popular trend in the United States right now?

  • Yes, we're in the middle of a redistricting war, as you might have heard, Republicans versus Democrats.

  • I heard, but, but, it's not always that simple.

  • Okay.

  • Take Mike Beltran.

  • He's a Puerto Rican guy, lives near Orlando.

  • Republican lawmakers blew up the old congressional district he was in to make it harder for the Democrat to win.

  • I think it's a little messed up.

  • I think they're trying to dilute minority votes, especially the Hispanics.

  • OK, Sean, but who do you think he supported for president?

  • Man, Florida.

  • Florida man, Donald Trump.

  • You're supposed to say Kamala, but it was Trump.

  • I did vote for Trump, yes, sir.

  • The same guy who kicked the redistricting wars off.

  • I went to Florida to report on the Trump voters who got the short end of the stick in redistricting.

  • And I'm going to tell you about it.