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# Expand or extinct: Democrats' 2030 redistricting crisis
- URL: https://utahpolitics.news/podcasts/podcast-expand-or-extinct-democrats-2030-redistricting-crisis/
- Published: 2025-10-23T22:22:26.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-02T19:00:25.000Z
- Author: Bryan Schott
- Tags: Podcasts, Democratic Party, Utah, Interview

Run for Something's Amanda Litman explains why Democrats must invest in red states now—or face permanent minority status after 2030 redistricting.

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She argues that redistricting in 2030 is going to gut the already-narrow path to power for Democrats. California and New York will lose seats in Congress, while red states are gaining representation. Utah's fast-growing population means the state is in line to gain a fifth seat in the U.S. House of Representatives following the 2031 redistricting cycle.  
  
Her organization [is launching a five-year plan ](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/20/run-for-something-dems-invest-blue-wall-00614870?ref=utahpolitics.news)to build Democratic infrastructure in Republican strongholds like Utah, where the party's net favorability sits at a dismal negative 38 percent.  
  
Litman says Democrats need to stop obsessing over swing states and start investing in places the party has written off for years.  
  
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