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The new maps favour Democrats and aim to cancel out gains made by Republicans through recently redrawn voting districts in Texas.

The risk paid off — California’s new map will effectively cancel out the five seats Texas added, and instead of being engineered in a backroom, it was done with the explicit approval of Californians.

However, Mr Hibberd said it relied too heavily on unproven technologies, and that planned passenger growth would cancel out any success.

Another 50 departures and 49 arrivals were canceled out of San Diego International Airport.

A look nationally shows the effort in Democrat-heavy California won't be enough on its own to cancel out gains by Republicans who have also redone voting maps.