Brian Tyler Cohen argues that Democrats must engage in midcycle redistricting to counter Republican map-drawing efforts rather than unilaterally disarming.

“if Republicans are going to keep descending down this path of redrawing their maps in in Texas like they're doing in Missouri, in North Carolina, in Ohio, then the last thing Democrats should do is just def blindly defer to good governance and say that, you know, even despite the fact that that uh t”

Mark Elias asserts that the redistricting ballot initiative in California is a critical political tool that, if successful, will serve as a model for other Democratic leaders to follow.

“if Gavin Newsome is able to show that doing what he did is not just good u uh sort of macro politics, but it's actually good local politics, like it's good for the elected officials that is going to cause other Democratic governors and elected leaders to to follow that.”