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Recent redistricting reduced toss-up seats and increased congressional district extremism

Anthony Gonzalez · From NFL to Startup COO to Congressman Regulating Crypto (with Rep. Anthony Gonzalez) · Acquired · Aug 2, 2022 · at 1:34:15

Representative Anthony Gonzalez analyzes the consequences of recent US congressional redistricting maps.

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“We all just got our maps redrawn. And what happened is fewer districts are now toss ups. So there's basically fewer at play and the existing districts are now more extreme.”

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