Florida's special session on redistricting could cut Democratic seats in half, impacting the balance of power in Congress.

A Florida Senate panel and a separate Florida House committee advanced the GOP-favored House map proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Tuesday, putting it one step closer toward clearing the upper chamber.

Democrats once favored nonpartisan congressional redistricting, but they have put that position aside with Republicans' aggressive gerrymandering push across America.

Florida voters agreed to place a ban partisan gerrymandering in the state Constitution in 2010. Gov. Ron DeSantis' office has released a proposed congressional redistricting map that would likely give Republicans four more seats in Congress.

As Virginia's new vote-approved Democratic-leaning maps hang in the balance of a court battle, Florida is already plotting its own gerrymander that would effectively favor Republicans. Gerrymandering expert and co-author of the forthcoming "Draw the Line in Ohio,

Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon, and Richard Porter break down Florida joining the fray in the partisan redistricting war and what will happen to these new maps when the courts have their say.

The Virginia court proceedings represent the latest development in a national redistricting conflict between Republicans and Democrats, each striving for an advantage in the upcoming November election that will determine whether Republicans can maintain their slim majority in the House.

If Mississippi's new voting district maps look like previous versions, lawmakers could eliminate three majority-Black districts in the legislature.