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How Republican efforts to redraw congressional maps ‘failed epically’

But, says one expert, it would be misleading to say that gerrymandering did not work at all in this election If there was one obvious conclusion from Democrats’ sweeping victories in the mid-term elections on Tuesday, it seemed to be that the Republican effort to redraw congressional districts in their favor backfired .

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