South Carolina off the redistricting bandwagon

(The Center Square) – Cross South Carolina off the redistricting list that has swept the nation since the storm blew out of Texas in July.

Usually done after apportionment following the decennial census, congressional maps across the country have been redrawn in the middle of the decade in multiple states. Second-term Republican President Donald Trump started the move in an effort to thwart the usual forecast of a new president’s party losing seats in the U.S. House of Representatives at the midterms, and states led by Democrats hopped into the game with them.