Gerrymandering is accelerating political polarization in the United States, with states redrawing congressional maps while attempting to secure partisan advantage and President Donald Trump pushing to secure the GOP majority in the upcoming midterm elections, according to a new report. 

“You’re seeing this divide [between] trifecta blue states and trifecta red, and it’s creating this remarkable contrast in which you’ve got radically different policies from state to state,” Jay Richards, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, told The Wall Street Journal. 

The fight is reflecting how dominant parties in many states are using their control to cement long-term advantages, the publication reported Saturday.

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