Pennsylvania’s new congressional map a huge gift to Democrats

Published May 20, 2018 4:00am ET



Is Pennsylvania, a lynchpin of President Trump’s victory in 2016, on the verge of evening the scales by tipping the House majority to the Democrats in 2018?

The state could deliver a quarter of the 23 seats Democrats need to win control of the House, and it has little to do with the political environment working against the Republicans. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court jammed through a last minute, reverse gerrymander of the state’s congressional districts, driving this unexpected opportunity.

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