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More of this, of something like this? >> well, i hope so. i mean, when you think about some of the senators, the outcome of their election is a direct result of communities who will be negatively impacted if we don't provide voting rights protections. several legislative bodies across the country will be convening and drawing duct lines. it will be the first time since the 1960s that redistricting process -- jgerrymandering woul drive it. >> a passionate speech in the senate. he talked about voting rights.

Elections, they need to take on gerrymandering. both sides are guilty of creating districts like these, broken puzzle pieces that look more like rorschach tests. but republicans are going to new lengths to pre-determine outcomes. they control the redistricting process in far more places than democrats, and it has led to this, new political maps that kill swing districts from coast to coast. i've got the perfect person to break this down and how it can impact your vote. election expert david wasserman is the senior editor for the cook political report. david, thank you so much for being here. t...

More like rorschach tests. but republicans are going to new lengths to pre-determine outcomes. they control the redistricting process in far more places than democrats, and it has led to this, new political maps that kill swing districts from coast to coast. i've got the perfect person to break this down and how it can impact your vote. election expert david wasserman is the senior editor for the cook political report. david, thank you so much for being here. there are 435 congressional districts. how many do you anticipate will be competitive in the midterms? >> probably fewer than 40, michae...

Protection of voting rights, climate, all of these things are directly connected to the problem of gerrymandering and the need for a fair redistricting process. >> and a fair -- speak more about a fair redistricting process. is that a redistricting commission? nonpartisan or bipartisan commission where not the legislators get involved but this commission gets involved in drawing the maps? >> yeah. i think that's the gold standard. if you can come up with a good redistricting commission, that's the best way to draw the maps. take the responsibility for drawing the lines out of self-interested p...

Hispanic voters and particularly because it dilutes their voting power. for instance, one of the statistics that the justice department says in this new lawsuit that was filed today, they say that about 4 million people were added to the texas population between 2010 and 2020. 95% of that growth was from latinos. texas added two congressional seats from that redistricting process, and of those two seats, both of them were drawn with a majority white voting population. so this was shown to -- the justice department says this shows this is a violation of section two of the voting rights act. and...