What podcasts say about Dave Wasserman

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What Dave Wasserman has said on podcasts

18 statements · 5 positive · 10 negative · 2 mixed · 1 neutral

on U.S. congressional redistrictingNegativeSep 7, 2026· GD POLITICS
The redistricting race will continue worsening.
“I don't think we've seen the end of this race to the bottom.”
Listen at 3:08
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on Republican House seat gains from redistrictingPositiveSep 7, 2026· GD POLITICS
Redistricting will likely give Republicans five to six House seats.
“We are looking at likely a Republican net gain of between five and six seats from redistricting alone.”
Listen at 5:19
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on Democratic House majorityMixedSep 7, 2026· GD POLITICS
Democrats will likely win House control but with a smaller margin.
“I think the odds are still overwhelmingly that they will, given that the president's approval is in the high 30s, but they might not end up with the same robust margin they would.”
Listen at 5:48
Open the episode · How Far Can The Redistricting Arms Race Go?
on Competitive U.S. House districtsNegativeSep 7, 2026· GD POLITICS
Redistricting reduced competitive House districts to 78.
“This time, we've seen a decline in the number of those competitive districts from redistricting down to 78.”
Listen at 12:03
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on Texas Republican congressional mapNegativeSep 7, 2026· GD POLITICS
Texas Republicans did not draw their map optimally for this cycle.
“Right now, the answer looks like no in Texas.”
Listen at 13:50
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on Texas Hispanic-majority congressional districtsNegativeSep 7, 2026· GD POLITICS
Texas Hispanic districts may not repeat their 2024 Republican performance.
“Those districts are not guaranteed to perform the way they did in 2024 for Republicans.”
Listen at 14:48
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on Calais decisionNegativeSep 7, 2026· GD POLITICS
The Calais decision severely weakened Section 2 enforcement.
“It gutted the enforceability of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.”
Listen at 16:35
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on Louisiana decisionNegativeSep 7, 2026· GD POLITICS
The Louisiana decision permits Southern legislatures to dismantle compact minority districts.
“now it has effectively greenlit Southern legislatures to dismantle very compact. majority-minority seats without consequence.”
Listen at 21:59
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on Tennessee congressional delegationNegativeSep 7, 2026· GD POLITICS
Tennessee will likely elect an all-Republican, all-white House delegation.
“Now Tennessee is likely to elect an all-Republican and all-white delegation.”
Listen at 22:21
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on California congressional delegationNegativeSep 7, 2026· GD POLITICS
California Democrats could eliminate the remaining four Republican seats.
“California Democrats could go back and eliminate the final four Republican seats.”
Listen at 24:53
Open the episode · How Far Can The Redistricting Arms Race Go?
on U.S. redistricting conflictMixedSep 7, 2026· GD POLITICS
The future redistricting outcome remains highly uncertain.
“there's still a high degree of uncertainty.”
Listen at 26:11
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on Republican House seat advantagePositiveSep 7, 2026· GD POLITICS
Republicans will gain roughly four or five additional House seats.
“I still think Republicans come out a few seats ahead of where they are today, maybe by four or five seats.”
Listen at 31:36
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on 2030 congressional reapportionmentNeutralSep 7, 2026· GD POLITICS
The 2030 census is projected to shift House seats toward Texas and Florida.
“California's on track to lose four districts, and New York's on track to lose two, Illinois, Oregon, Minnesota, a seat each. And then Texas and Florida are poised to pick up four seats each.”
Listen at 32:05
Open the episode · How Far Can The Redistricting Arms Race Go?
on House and Senate partisan biasNegativeSep 7, 2026· GD POLITICS
The House could become more Republican-biased than the Senate.
“It's possible that the House could leapfrog the Senate in terms of Republican bias.”
Listen at 32:48
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on U.S. redistrictingPositiveSep 7, 2026· GD POLITICS
Redistricting should be handled as a simple bureaucratic function.
“My theory is that this should be a simple bureaucratic function”
Listen at 37:42
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on Cross-partisan congressional representationNegativeSep 7, 2026· GD POLITICS
Blue-state Republicans and red-state Democrats will continue disappearing.
“The long-term trend here is pretty clear. We're going to see the evisceration we already have of blue state Republicans and red state Democrats.”
Listen at 42:11
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on United States CongressPositiveSep 7, 2026· GD POLITICS
Congress would function better with more bipartisan delegations and competitive districts.
“I do think Congress would function better if more delegations had a robust bipartisan membership and if there were more competitive districts out there than there are.”
Listen at 42:28
Open the episode · How Far Can The Redistricting Arms Race Go?
on Iowa's second congressional districtPositiveSep 7, 2026· GD POLITICS
A Democratic flip in Iowa’s second district would signal a 2018-sized wave.
“if Democrats were to flip this, then I think they'd be on their way to probably matching... the size of the 2018 wave, maybe slightly exceeding it.”
Listen at 44:56
Open the episode · How Far Can The Redistricting Arms Race Go?

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