The Washington Post Editorial Board has taken notably different tones on gerrymandering by the two parties—characterizing Texas Republicans' 2025 redistricting as a 'shortsighted' move that 'kicked off nationwide partisan warfare,' but describing Virginia's 2026 Democratic effort using apocalyptic language like 'plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss.' The Board specifically called Virginia's plan an attempt to 'effectively disenfranchise millions of Virginians' despite framing the move as a democratic response to Republican tactics. The post highlights a real asymmetry in editorial framing rather than false equivalence on the underlying facts—both gerrymandering efforts are real, but the Post's rhetoric clearly favors the Republican version.