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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...

Which means we are electing the governor who will oversee the redistricting process. and there are a lot of house seats in those states, as well. >> what is your -- your group, folks looking at this and saying, hey, i'm a democrat and this is my hope for fixing this issue, what is it that, if they're looking to support your group or something, what is it you're giving them this year? is it -- is it looking at getting ballot questions in these states? is it just elect democrats? is that the solution here? just elect democrats in these states? >> so, our model, which is what makes us different a...

Races in those states this year, which means we are electing the governor who will oversee the redistricting process. and there are a lot of house seats in those states, as well. >> what is your -- your group, folks looking at this and saying, hey, i'm a democrat and this is my hope for fixing this issue, what is it that, if they're looking to support your group or something, what is it you're giving them this year? is it looking at getting ballot questions in these states? is it just elect democrats? is that the solution here? just elect democrats in these states? >> so our model, which is wh...

Legislative chambers allowed republicans to rewrite legislative and congressional maps in all those states, in what turned out to be an organized, effective effort to basically lock republicans into power for the next ten years, by virtue of the districts that they had drawn for themselves. and when you do that, you want to go after the states that are most gerrymandered. so those states are ohio, michigan, north carolina, texas, virginia, florida, wisconsin -- >> all the biggies, it sounds like. >> so all the big ones. and you can see from that, there is a direct correlation, particularly wit...

Attacked, was the redistricting process taking place in pennsylvania right now. >> absolutely. that redistricting process in pennsylvania some say might very well cost the republicans the house. this is a very big set of decisions. it's taking place in different parts of the country to overturn the redistricting that took place really in 2011, which locked in a lot of the republican majority so it's a very big story. but this is about also perception. i think republicans are fighting tooth and nail, not because -- they know they won't have the seat necessarily, but they don't want to look like...