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See how new voting maps in Texas and California would shift the political landscape

Updated August 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM EDT

The major parties' redistricting battle escalated this week, with lawmakers in the country's two most populous states each taking a notable step toward a new congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

At President Trump's urging, Republican legislators in Texas gave final approval early Saturday to lines that they hope will move five U.S. House seats to the GOP.

California Democrats are acting in response, aiming to pick up five seats of their own. On Thursday they OK'd a ballot measure to ask their state's voters to allow new congressional districts.

So how exactly would the districts shift? The graphics below compare the 2024 presidential results under the current district lines to what the results would have been under the proposed new maps. Of course, a Democrat can win a U.S. House seat in a Trump-won district, and vice versa, but the graphics offer a glimpse of the shifting political terrain.

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Ben Swasey is an editor on the Washington Desk who mostly covers politics and voting.