Trump fell short in his efforts to convince Virginia voters to reject the referendum, even as he claimed voting "no" would "save the country"

"By voting yes, you have a chance to do something important," the former president says in the video.

Virginia voters have approved a mid-decade redistricting plan, a move that could significantly bolster Democrats ' prospects of securing four additional U.S. House seats in the upcoming November midterm elections. These elections are poised to determine control of a narrowly divided Congress.

The map, as extreme a gerrymander as exists in the United States, could let Democrats win 10 of the state’s 11 House seats as the party tries to win back the chamber.

Voters headed to the polls April 21 to decide if the state should redraw congressional districts ahead of the midterms.

Virginians approved an unusual, mid-decade redrawing of U.S. House districts that could boost Democrats’ chances of flipping control of the closely divided chamber in the latest front in a national redistricting battle,