Virginia’s victory good for Democrats but also shows Trump’s redistricting battle could be all for nothing

Democrats within reach of House majority after voters rebel against Republican gerrymandering

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Months into his second term, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump wagered that he could beat the historic trend of the party in power losing seats in midterm elections if Republican-led states redrew congressional maps to sweep https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/democrats">Democrats out of office.

The gamble is looking to be a bust, or at best a draw, for the president, after Democrats fought back with their own redistricting efforts, the latest of which came to fruition in https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/virginia">Virginia on Tuesday, when voters approved a plan that could remove all but one of the five https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans">Republicans in its current House of Representatives delegation.