And there are suddenly a lot more of those. 7 Governor seats. Multiple pickups of at least one state legislature branch. Numerous pickups on elected judges (including a voting rights attorney on the supreme court of North Carolina).
A number of those voting rights ballot initiatives, including many of the neutral redistricting ones, were in red states or purple ones. Including some of the very states that turned out to be key for the GOP in 2016. There were a couple of voter ID initiatives, but they’re out numbered by the redistricting ones. And Florida voted to re-enfranchise felons.
We’re in a much, much different spot in terms of dismantling the GOP advantage than we were a couple weeks ago. Even where the districts don’t directly effect the president, there’s just as firm footing to start dismantling active disenfranchisement that does.
The states control the majority of our voting apparatus. The GOP still has majority control of a majority of State governments, but this is apparently the most influence the DNC has seen in 2 or 3 decades.
