'Uniquely dangerous': Analyst issues dire warning about upcoming elections

A CNN political analyst issued a dire warning about upcoming statewide elections, which he argued could mark "another milestone" in the "partitioning of America."

CNN Senior Political Analyst Ronald Brownstein wrote in a new article published on Sunday that elections occurring this week, from Virginia to New Jersey and California, could cause some political parties to believe they have "virtually no prospects or interests" in their opponent's sphere of influence, and accelerate the redistricting fight taking place across the country.

The article was issued at a time when President Donald Trump has called on Republican-led legislatures to redraw their election maps to help Republicans secure a majority in the House of Representatives after the 2026 midterm election.

"This week’s election will likely mark another milestone in the partitioning of America into divergent and increasingly hostile blocs of red and blue states," Brownstein wrote.

"Trump may feed these centrifugal forces in a uniquely dangerous manner," Brownstein wrote. "But as each party comes to believe it has virtually no prospects or interests in the other’s sphere of influence, the tendency will only grow on each side to view the other less as neighbors than as adversaries. No one can predict exactly what will flow from that rising animosity, but even the direst possibilities no longer seem inconceivable."

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