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Legislative chambers, a modern record of 33 governors, they had the trifectas, governor and both bran state legislature in 25 of 50 states. all of this has its roots in red map. >> barring a tsunami wave election, many of the districts will remain in the hands of the party that they were designed to be in the hands of for the whole of the decade. that's utterly remarkable and very anti-democratic. >> this is a challenge that the democrats face as they head into 2018. the question is whether or not a blue wave can rise up against a red seawall. the maps are in many ways the republican seawall. ...

Important elections for redistricting. >> democrats were a little asleep at the wheel in 2010. the cycle they're not asleep. we're starting to see signs this is going to be a battle. almost between the parties to the redistricting of 2021. >> this strategy is make sure we have folks in the state tos get the grass roots ready for the redistricting process in 2021. >> republicans goal is preserve their advantage in as many states as possible. to rep will kate the success of red map from the last round. so the national republican redistricting trust is we set up to prepare for legal and data side...

Consequential and perhaps historic reinvention of the gerrymander really in our time. it's always been a tool for incumbent protection, going back to the beginning of the country. now it's become a process by which one party can really rule in multiple states from the minority. republicans -- >> was north carolina one of the states that was impacted? >> oh, most certainly. really, after the 2008 election in which barack obama is elected and democrats take a super majority in the u.s. senate and a big majority in the u.s. house, republicans took a look at the demographics in the country and rea...

2010, which was a plan called red map. it was a national program, but in places like alabama, it was very local, very practical, and it ended up being a big deal for a long time. the top republican in the alabama legislature later wrote a book about it, explaining how it worked in that state, which is part hoff wof why we have ane peek at what happened here. he's now in prison, which is an awkward footnote, but that's how it goes. it's pretty simple, the plan, the alabama party quietly solicited funding from rich republican donors from all over the country and they secretly funneled the those ...

Even with that huge shift towards the democratic party and their candidate last night, had the same people who turned out last night been casting those same votes, except they counted for congress instead of for senate, that vote last night would have still sent only one democrat to congress. and six republicans. which is what alabama sends to congress right now. how is that possible? how do you get a vote that democratic and it turns in all of those republicans and only one democrat. what? it's because of something that the republican party did in 2010, which was a plan called red map. it was...