California aims for new electoral map

In the heart of Los Angeles, a team of canvassers tirelessly knocks on doors, asking voters to let California redraw its electoral map to favour Democrats and resist US President Donald Trump.

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The flyers warn Trump “is rigging and trying to steal the 2026 elections before we can vote”.

“California can protect fair elections by fighting fire with fire,” they say.

Trump set in motion a vicious cycle this summer by asking his allies in Texas to redraw electoral boundaries in a way that will provide five more Republican seats in Congress for next year's midterm elections.

The move was intended to maintain a slender right-wing majority in the US House of Representatives.

It was also highly unusual - redistricting normally occurs every decade in the United States, after each national census.