🧵In the last few days, we've seen headlines like this:

1️⃣“Redistricting is Going Surprisingly Well for Democrats”
2️⃣“Democrats Are Doing Weirdly Well in Redistricting”
3️⃣“Surprisingly, there has been a redistricting turnaround”

This isn’t surprising—and it isn’t by accident.
Our team and so many others in this righteous fight for #FairMaps have been doing *really hard and grueling work* to ensure fair representation for every voter. Because we believe in democracy and that elections shouldn't be decided before a single ballot is even cast.
We’ve been sounding the alarm on 🚨GOP gerrymandering🚨, raising public awareness on how gerrymandering hurts our democracy, and educating people on the importance of the redistricting process and how they can get involved. We’ve also asked the courts to help end gerrymandering.
The shift in power in key states to prevent GOP dominance—it's all part of a comprehensive strategy to hold them accountable—because no party should be able to win a majority of seats w/o winning a majority of votes. And yet this has happened in Ohio and NC, and in other states.
These headlines don't tell you that our collective work fighting gerrymandering and *fighting FOR fair representation and #FairMaps* IS paying off. So thank YOU for being in this fight with us—you’ve helped make this all possible. Let’s keep fighting in the new year and beyond!💪🏽

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