Tim Kaine needs to take a nap and retire.

Even Republicans aren't into the "Department of War" rebranding. Only 42% approve, which is low in such a polarized environment.

Plus Democrats and Independents are solidly opposed.

Americans want a professional, not unhinged military.

Graph and data from here: goodauthority.org/news/most-am...

Keep in mind the national map is slightly biased towards Republicans, so moving the map towards the Democrats means a national map that is less biased overall, not more of a Democratic gerrymander

Meanwhile, Maryland is moving ahead. With California and Virginia negating Texas and North Carolina, and a possible Missouri referendum putting their re-redistricting on hold (there is also a lawsuit), the national map may wind up moving the median district in the Democrats' direction

We saw Indiana Republicans decline to hold a re-redistricting session in the wake of last week's elections. Part of their calculation may be that they are unwilling to try to expand their map in an electoral environment favorable to Democrats

This matters to Republican gerrymandering here in Florida. Rep. Moskowitz's district is believed to be the most vulnerable to re-redistricting, but it is located in South Florida where Republicans might need to shore up their districts, not try to reach for more

The overall effect on the 2026 midterm election is perhaps obvious, but what is not so obvious is that we may expect Hispanic areas to swing more to Democrats. Part of the Texas partisan gerrymander is predicated on heavily Hispanic districts remaining at Republican support levels similar to 2024

We also have exit poll data in multiple states, and national polling, generally. So multiple pieces of information pointing that 2024 was an aberration, not a trend, among Hispanic voters