Political Extremism And The Decline In Competitive Districts

This article by Shane Goldmacher is published by The New York Times. Here is an excerpt:

Representative Dan Crenshaw was tagged as a rising Republican star almost from the moment of his first victory: A conservative, Harvard-educated, ex-Navy SEAL who lost his right eye in Afghanistan, he bucked the 2018 suburban revolt against Donald J. Trump to win a House seat in the Houston suburbs.

Mr. Crenshaw won again in 2020, handily, even as Mr. Trump carried his district by only a whisper.

But this year, Mr. Crenshaw’s seat has been transformed by redistricting. More liberal enclaves, like the nightlife-rich neighborhoods near Rice University, were swapped out for conservative strongholds like The Woodlands, a master-planned community of more than 100,000 that is north of the city.

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