Supreme Court supercharges the death of competitive districts

The 2026 midterms are expected to have fewer competitive House districts than past elections, and the Supreme Court just blessed a redistricting war that will only squeeze races further.Why it matters: That means more often the real race happens in primaries, which cater to a party's most devout members and not the electorate at large."It means that elections are just no longer really a barometer of how how the public feels about politics," says Robert Boatright, a political science professor at...