2026-04-21
14 分钟Good morning.
Virginia's high-stakes referendum to redraw its maps has arrived, bringing in presidential attention.
By voting yes, you can take a temporary step to level the playing field.
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It's a vote on borders within their state.
But when Virginians cast a ballot today, there will be implications far outside of the Commonwealth.
On the ballot is one of the most consequential redistricting fights that 's left to play
out before the midterms this November.
Right now, Virginia is pretty split in its congressional representation, six Democrats and five Republicans.
A yes vote would lead to probably a delegation of 10 Democrats and one Republican.
Jad Khalil is a state politics reporter for VPM News, an NPR affiliate in Virginia.
I think also what they 're voting on is whether Virginia should respond to the gerrymandering push
that President Donald Trump's been doing around the country with their own gerrymander.
States typically redraw their maps every 10 years.
But the president sparked a mid-decade tit-for-tat redistricting fight when he asked lawmakers in Republican states
to deliver him more congressional seats by redrawing their maps.