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In order to turn five Democratic districts into GOP-leaning districts, mapmakers needed to make some solid-red districts slightly more Democratic, creating some risks for the party, said Joshua Blank of the Texas Politics Project.
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Fin Daniel Gómez, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
The decision belongs to the voters, not the mapmakers.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
That's largely because in many Southern states — where voting is often polarized between a Republican-supporting white majority and a Democratic-supporting Black minority — political mapmakers have drawn a certain kind of district to get in line with the Voting Rights Act's Section 2 provisions.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 8 Jan. 2026
If this archive had not been in her house until the final years of her life, but in a collection that needed to downsize a few decades ago, her maps would have been the first to go to save space for the higher profile—undoubtedly male—mapmakers who will now appear obscure by comparison.
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
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Fin Daniel Gómez, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
The decision belongs to the voters, not the mapmakers.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
That's largely because in many Southern states — where voting is often polarized between a Republican-supporting white majority and a Democratic-supporting Black minority — political mapmakers have drawn a certain kind of district to get in line with the Voting Rights Act's Section 2 provisions.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 8 Jan. 2026
If this archive had not been in her house until the final years of her life, but in a collection that needed to downsize a few decades ago, her maps would have been the first to go to save space for the higher profile—undoubtedly male—mapmakers who will now appear obscure by comparison.
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
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“Mapmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mapmaker. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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mapmaker
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map·mak·er
ˈmap-ˌmā-kər 
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