发布时间：2026年3月5日，美国东部时间上午10:02 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）政治版
作者：[弗雷德里卡·朔滕]
7分钟前
![图片：前总统巴拉克·奥巴马于2025年11月1日在弗吉尼亚州诺福克市为阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格的竞选集会发表演讲。]
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前总统巴拉克·奥巴马周四表示支持弗吉尼亚州一项重新划分选区的努力，该努力旨在在11月中期选举前拿下四个共和党掌控的美国众议院席位。
在一段视频背书内容中，奥巴马敦促弗吉尼亚州民众支持一项关于新选区划分方案的公投，以确保”你们的投票权不会因其他州共和党人采取的行动而被削弱”。
奥巴马的公开支持是在弗吉尼亚州最高法院为4月21日选举扫清障碍后的一天，届时选民将决定是否修改该州宪法以允许重新划分选区。提前投票将于周五开始。
弗吉尼亚州这场备受瞩目的斗争是中期十年一度重新划分选区大战的最新战线，这场战斗始于去年得克萨斯州，应特朗普总统的要求，目的是获得更多对共和党有利的席位。迄今为止，这场席卷全国的行动已产生了9个更有利于共和党的席位和6个有利于民主党的席位。
由弗吉尼亚州议会民主党人控制的民主党提出的选区划分方案，主要通过将选区从华盛顿特区周边民主党的核心郊区延伸出来，针对共和党掌控的席位。如果成功，民主党可能最终控制该州11个众议院席位中的10个。
“这项修正案赋予你们在今年秋天中期选举中平摊竞争场地的权力，”奥巴马在视频中说。奥巴马此前曾支持加州去年成功的重新划分选区工作，该工作可能帮助民主党翻转多达五个共和党控制的席位。
民主党籍弗吉尼亚州州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格于今年1月上任，周四也敦促选民支持修正案投票。”弗吉尼亚州民众有机会在这个非凡的历史时刻采取行动，”她在一份声明中说，”这就是为什么作为一名弗吉尼亚选民，我支持这项修正案。”
目前，该州宪法赋予一个两党委员会绘制选区地图的权力。提交给选民的修正案允许州议会制定新的选区划分方案，但在2030年人口普查后将恢复到委员会制定的流程。
Obama endorses Virginia redistricting push with early voting set to begin
PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2026, 10:02 AM ET / CNN Politics
By
[Fredreka Schouten]
7 min ago
Former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Abigail Spanberger in Norfolk, Virginia, on November 1, 2025.
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Former President Barack Obama on Thursday threw his support behind a redistricting effort in Virginia that aims to flip four Republican-held US House seats ahead of November’s midterm elections.
In a video endorsement, Obama urged Virginians to support a referendum on a new map to ensure “your voting power is not diminished by what Republicans are doing in other states.”
Obama’s public backing comes a day after the state Supreme Court cleared the way for the April 21 election in which voters will decide whether to change the state’s constitution to allow for the map redraw. Early voting opens Friday.
Virginia’s high-profile fight is the latest front in a mid-decade redistricting battle that began last year in Texas at President Donald Trump’s behest in an effort to gain more seats that are favorable to Republicans. So far, the coast-to-coast effort has yielded nine more GOP-friendly seats and six that favor Democrats.
The map proposed by Democrats, who control the Virginia legislature, targets Republican-held seats, largely by snaking districts out from the heavily Democratic suburbs that surround Washington, DC. If successful, Democrats could end up controlling 10 of the state’s 11 House seats.
“This amendment gives you the power to level the playing field in the midterms this fall,” Obama said in the video. Obama previously endorsed a successful redistricting effort in California last year that could help Democrats flip as many as five Republican-controlled seats.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat who took office in January, also urged voters Thursday to back the amendment vote. “Virginians have the opportunity to take action in response to this extraordinary moment in history,” she said in a statement. “That’s why, as a Virginia voter, I’m voting in favor of this amendment.”
Currently, the state’s constitution vests a bipartisan commission with the power to draw maps. The amendment before voters allows the state legislature to put in place a new map but would revert to the commission process after the 2030 Census.
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