Trump’s redistricting ‘seawall’ no match for Democratic tsunami

WASHINGTON, United States: Donald Trump, knowing that the US president’s party almost always loses seats in midterm elections, launched an unprecedented push last year for states to redraw congressional district lines in favor of Republicans. The redistricting gambit — a costly endeavor that provoked intra-party strife and Democratic reciprocation — ended up being no match for the gigantic anti-Republican wave in Tuesday’s vote, and possibly made matters even worse. So-called partisan “gerrymand

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