{"id":1056471,"date":"2025-10-09T17:20:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1056471"},"modified":"2025-10-09T17:20:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:20:03","slug":"as-gop-approval-tanks-vance-heads-to-indiana-in-attempt-to-strong-arm-state-lawmakers-into-rigging-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-gop-approval-tanks-vance-heads-to-indiana-in-attempt-to-strong-arm-state-lawmakers-into-rigging-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"As GOP Approval Tanks, Vance Heads to Indiana in Attempt to Strong-Arm State Lawmakers into Rigging Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in Washington, the GOP\u2019s approval <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/favorability\/republican-party\">ratings<\/a> are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/saradorn\/2025\/10\/08\/trump-approval-rating-hits-second-term-low-in-latest-survey\/\">tanking<\/a> as Trump, Vance, and Republicans refuse to end the government shutdown and stop health insurance premiums from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/affordable-care-act\/aca-marketplace-premium-payments-would-more-than-double-on-average-next-year-if-enhanced-premium-tax-credits-expire\/\">doubling<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/affordable-care-act\/state-indicator\/average-monthly-advance-premium-tax-credit-aptc\/?currentTimeframe=0&amp;sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D\">over 200,000<\/a> Indiana families. Instead of doing his job, JD Vance will travel to Indiana tomorrow in an attempt to rig the Congressional maps in Republicans\u2019 favor. He\u2019ll try to strong-arm state lawmakers to make changes to their congressional map, despite widespread opposition from Indiana lawmakers from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/08\/vance-indiana-redistricting-00598104\">both sides of the aisle<\/a> and from <a href=\"https:\/\/indianacapitalchronicle.com\/briefs\/new-poll-reports-majority-of-hoosiers-oppose-to-redistricting\/\">Indiana voters<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A reminder:<\/strong> Donald Trump is pushing redistricting across the country because he is concerned his Big Ugly Bill is so unpopular that it will impact the 2026 midterm elections. In Indiana alone, Trump\u2019s budget kicks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/medicaid\/how-will-the-2025-reconciliation-law-affect-the-uninsured-rate-in-each-state\/\">290,000<\/a> families off their health insurance and puts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markey.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/letter_on_rural_hospitals.pdf\">12<\/a> rural hospitals on the brink of closure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent <a href=\"https:\/\/today.yougov.com\/politics\/articles\/52740-large-majorities-americans-say-gerrymandering-major-problem-unfair-should-be-illegal-redistricting-texas-california-poll\">polling<\/a> shows Americans disapprove of partisan gerrymandering by double-digit margins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response to Vance\u2019s trip, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Communications Director Rosemary Boeglin released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInstead of negotiating to end the government shutdown and stop health care premiums from doubling for hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers, Donald Trump is sending JD Vance to Indiana to try to strong-arm Indiana Republicans into rigging their congressional map, despite widespread opposition. Trump and Vance are desperate for this gerrymander to succeed because they are scared that Republicans are about to lose their majority in the 2026 midterms. In Indiana, Trump\u2019s Big Ugly Bill causes 290,000 Indiana families to lose their health insurance and puts 12 rural hospitals on the brink of closure. The DNC stands ready to defend democracy in Indiana and across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in Washington, the GOP\u2019s approval ratings are tanking as Trump, Vance, and Republicans refuse to end the government shutdown and stop health insurance premiums from doubling for over 200,000 Indiana families. Instead of doing his job, JD Vance will travel to Indiana tomorrow in an attempt to rig the Congressional maps in Republicans\u2019 favor. 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