JD Vance
Role at the time: Vice President of the United States, answering a KMBC reporter's question at an event in the Kansas City area
Statement summary
During a visit to the Kansas City area to discuss anti-fraud measures, Vance was asked about the Missouri redistricting dispute. He said that if the courts did not do what he thought they should, voters could cast general election ballots in districts different from those used in the primary, which he called "an affront to the democratic process". He said that because the maps were allowed to exist in the primary, "it seems to make sense to let them exist for the general election".
“you already had a primary election where people cast ballots with the districts as they exist now … That, to me, is an affront to the democratic process. … And given that they've let these maps exist during the primary election, it seems to make sense to let them exist for the general election”
KMBC report on Vice President JD Vance's answer to a KMBC reporter's question about the Missouri redistricting dispute, given after a speech in the Kansas City area on anti-fraud measures on Monday, September 14, 2026. The page includes the clip of the exchange.
Why we used this label
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. Vance says the maps were used in the primary and that it makes sense to let them exist in the general election, and he calls different districts "an affront to the democratic process", which defends that use. The closest competing label, “Mixed or conditional”, loses because he states his view without attaching a condition to it.