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Warschaw Conference 2025: "Redistricting: Are Politicians Choosing Their Voters?"

USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future (CPF) presents the annual Warschaw Conference on Practical Politics "America 250: Young or Old Democracy?" on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. CPF's annual Warschaw Conference brings together top experts from politics, government, media, and academia to explore the most pressing issues in America's political landscape. This year's conference explored what’s ahead in politics, including the 2026 midterms, Trump’s first year in office, and whether Democrats can make a comeback. Panel 4: "Redistricting: Are Politicians Choosing Their Voters?" POLITICO Enterprise Managing Editor Sasha Issenberg led a panel discussion with political experts Jim DeBoo, Christian Grose, David Simas, and Amy Thoma Tan on redistricting and whether it's getting too partisan. They discussed the state of redistricting nationally, the California Prop. 50 results, and how the results impact Democrats and Republicans moving forward. Featuring: Jim DeBoo: Founder, DeBoo Strategic Affairs; Former Chief of Staff to Gov. Gavin Newsom; Fall 2025 CPF Fellow Christian Grose: Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, USC David Simas: Managing Director, Emerson Collective; Former President, Obama Foundation; Fall 2025 CPF Fellow Amy Thoma Tan: President, Cobalt Public Affairs Sasha Issenberg (Moderator): Managing Editor, Enterprise, POLITICO; Author, "The Engagement: America's Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage" Learn more about the Fellows Program: https://bit.ly/cpfFellows Learn more about the Center: https://dornsife.usc.edu/center-for-p... Learn more about this event: https://calendar.usc.edu/event/warsch... Timestamps: 0:00:00-0:00:31 - Panel Introduction by Moderator Sasha Issenberg 0:00:31-0:02:42 - What happened, and what did you know about Dana Williamson’s indictment? 0:02:42-0:05:22 - Can you give us a sense of Obama’s decision to create the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, and where his thinking was when he left office regarding the challenges of redistricting? 0:05:22-0:07:16 - How should we think about what is happening now—and what has happened throughout this year nationally—in the context of redistricting? 0:07:16-0:10:56 - What was Governor Newsom thinking when he began considering redistricting and how seriously did you think it could change California’s constitution? 0:10:56-0:13:20 - What did your research show you about what Californians thought about independent redistricting? 0:13:20-00:15:16 - Do you think that, nationally, we will look back at the past 20 years as a high watermark for trying to rethink redistricting—and that we’re now moving back toward a “politicians redraw their districts” phase as the default? 00:15:16-00:18:13 - What does it tell us about where Democratic or Republican politicians stand right now, given that many sitting members of Congress have gone along with—and in some cases encouraged—what’s happening in their states? 00:18:13-00:22:14 - What actually unfolded in that campaign? What was your theory of the case, what did you see as the path to victory, and what did you expect your opponents to do to keep you under 50? 00:22:14-00:26:37 - As the opposition, did you see the race the same way? What did you think you needed to do? 00:26:37-00:29:00 - What lessons should Democrats take from the coalition that came together to pass Proposition 50? Are there lessons for Democrats running in California next year, or nationally? 00:29:00-00:32:14 - Can you explain what the Supreme Court’s decision in the Louisiana case means legally, and what could happen in state capitals if they were to rule that way? 00:32:14-00:34:54 - Is there any reason to think, based on what Gavin Newsom and other Democratic leaders have said, that they wouldn’t believe the moment requires doing whatever it takes to maximize Democratic seats in Congress if the Supreme Court allows it? 00:34:54-00:37:38 - What does the commitment to maintaining independent redistricting nationally and within states look like? 00:37:38-00:39:50 - To what extent do you think this will be a conversation in the 2028 Democratic primary? 00:39:50-00:42:24 - Do you disagree with people who are skeptical with states like Texas reverting to a different process? 00:42:24-00:42:02 - Are you preparing to be back in the fight two to four years from now? 00:42:02-00:48:09 - What else are you looking at in this redistricting fight coming up? 00:48:090-00:52:56 - What did you learn over the course of this campaign about what Californians know about what district they’re in? 00:52:56-00:55:36 - Should citizens think differently about the nature of their relationship with their representatives in Washington as this is becoming another tool for political control? 00:55:36-00:57:24 - Will this change the type of person that would want to run for House districts? 00:57:24-01:13:32 - Audience Q&A