This morning, I dourly predicted the triumph of Governor Abigail Spanberger’s grotesque gerrymandering referendum in the State of Virginia, which draws a 10–1 Democratic congressional gerrymander for the next three election cycles. I suggested that, while the margin of victory would not approach Spanberger’s flogging of Winsome Earle-Sears in November 2025 by 15 percentage points, the redistricting referendum would pass. I predicted a win for “yes” by four to five percentage points, and that looks to be very close to what the outcome will be........

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