Republican Gerrymandering

[AVG-JOE]

In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries to create partisan advantaged districts.

Gerrymandering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The TEA Party wing of the Republicans may not owe its existence to Gerrymandering, but the tail-wagging-the-dog power it holds over the party and the nation is a direct result.

The Republican insistence on nominating conservative candidates who are right-wing buffoons in the general elections is a direct result of Gerrymandering.

Gerrymandering may be protecting the ideology of the Right, but it's rendering the Republicans impotent in national elections.

Gerrymandering is THE reason that Americans have a less than 10% approval rating for Congress.

It's the REPUBLICANS who're being hurt by Republican Gerrymandering in the long run.

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[NightFox]

It's the REPUBLICANS who're being hurt by Republican gerrymandering in the long run.

The Republicans "who're" ... that would be John McCain, right ? or is it Lindsey Graham's month to turn tricks? hard to keep track of what the GOP stable is up to......

 

[bripat9643]

In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries to create partisan advantaged districts.

Gerrymandering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The TEA Party wing of the Republicans may not owe its existence to Gerrymandering, but the tail-wagging-the-dog power it holds over the party and the nation is a direct result.

The Republican insistence on nominating conservative candidates who are right-wing buffoons in the general elections is a direct result of Gerrymandering.

Gerrymandering may be protecting the ideology of the Right, but it's rendering the Republicans impotent in national elections.

Gerrymandering is THE reason that Americans have a less than 10% approval rating for Congress.

It's the REPUBLICANS who're being hurt by Republican Gerrymandering in the long run.

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Don't turds like you keep saying the TEA Party is nothing, that is has no power?

 

[Pinocchio]

There needs to be national legislation to stop gerrymandering. We have such a law in Florida which the Fl supreme court has enforced. No surprise that the Rep legislature has criticized and tried to replace these judges.

 

[rightwinger]

It's the REPUBLICANS who're being hurt by Republican gerrymandering in the long run.

The Republicans "who're" ... that would be John McCain, right ? or is it Lindsey Graham's month to turn tricks? hard to keep track of what the GOP stable is up to......

Neither is a Congressman

Republicans have made a pact with the devil with the Tea Tards. Yea, they guarantee some districts but bring the rest of the party down in the national elections

 

[rightwinger]

In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries to create partisan advantaged districts.

Gerrymandering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The TEA Party wing of the Republicans may not owe its existence to Gerrymandering, but the tail-wagging-the-dog power it holds over the party and the nation is a direct result.

The Republican insistence on nominating conservative candidates who are right-wing buffoons in the general elections is a direct result of Gerrymandering.

Gerrymandering may be protecting the ideology of the Right, but it's rendering the Republicans impotent in national elections.

Gerrymandering is THE reason that Americans have a less than 10% approval rating for Congress.

It's the REPUBLICANS who're being hurt by Republican Gerrymandering in the long run.

`​

Don't turds like you keep saying the TEA Party is nothing, that is has no power?

The TeaTards have power.....but only over the Republicans

The have cost Republicans the Senate in the last two elections

 

[bripat9643]

It's the REPUBLICANS who're being hurt by Republican gerrymandering in the long run.

The Republicans "who're" ... that would be John McCain, right ? or is it Lindsey Graham's month to turn tricks? hard to keep track of what the GOP stable is up to......

Neither is a Congressman

Republicans have made a pact with the devil with the Tea Tards. Yea, they guarantee some districts but bring the rest of the party down in the national elections

The pretense that Democrats don't Gerrymander and that they don't have "extreme" candidates doesn't pass the laugh test.

 

[bripat9643]

The TEA Party wing of the Republicans may not owe its existence to Gerrymandering, but the tail-wagging-the-dog power it holds over the party and the nation is a direct result.

The Republican insistence on nominating conservative candidates who are right-wing buffoons in the general elections is a direct result of Gerrymandering.

Gerrymandering may be protecting the ideology of the Right, but it's rendering the Republicans impotent in national elections.

Gerrymandering is THE reason that Americans have a less than 10% approval rating for Congress.

It's the REPUBLICANS who're being hurt by Republican Gerrymandering in the long run.

`​

Don't turds like you keep saying the TEA Party is nothing, that is has no power?

The TeaTards have power.....but only over the Republicans

The have cost Republicans the Senate in the last two elections

I thought the House is where all the Gerrymandering occurred. Senate races are state-wide.

You can't keep your propaganda straight, can you?

 

[editec]

I've been involved in the process of deciding where the districts will be.

Let me tell both you that parties work to gerrymand their districts.

They've done such an effective job that our Congress has less turnover that the former USSR's Politboro used to have.

This process servers BOTH parties in that -- knowing that a district is clearly in one camp or the other -- they can focus thier efforts on those FEW races where there really is a race.

 

[rightwinger]

The Republicans "who're" ... that would be John McCain, right ? or is it Lindsey Graham's month to turn tricks? hard to keep track of what the GOP stable is up to......

Neither is a Congressman

Republicans have made a pact with the devil with the Tea Tards. Yea, they guarantee some districts but bring the rest of the party down in the national elections

The pretense that Democrats don't Gerrymander and that they don't have "extreme" candidates doesn't pass the laugh test.

Show us the states where Democrats have more Congressmen while in a minority and we can talk

 

[rightwinger]

Don't turds like you keep saying the TEA Party is nothing, that is has no power?

The TeaTards have power.....but only over the Republicans

The have cost Republicans the Senate in the last two elections

I thought the House is where all the Gerrymandering occurred. Senate races are state-wide.

You can't keep your propaganda straight, can you?

Guess what?

TeaTards run for both House and Senate seats
In the case of the Senate, they have cost their party a majority

That's why they call them TeaTards.......bite of their nose to spite their face

 

[daveman]

In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries to create partisan advantaged districts.

Gerrymandering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The TEA Party wing of the Republicans may not owe its existence to Gerrymandering, but the tail-wagging-the-dog power it holds over the party and the nation is a direct result.

The Republican insistence on nominating conservative candidates who are right-wing buffoons in the general elections is a direct result of Gerrymandering.

Gerrymandering may be protecting the ideology of the Right, but it's rendering the Republicans impotent in national elections.

Gerrymandering is THE reason that Americans have a less than 10% approval rating for Congress.

It's the REPUBLICANS who're being hurt by Republican Gerrymandering in the long run.

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16 of the 21 most-gerrymandered Congressional districts are Democratic.

 

[NightFox]

That's why they call them TeaTards.......bite of their nose to spite their face

You mean that's what YOU call those citizens who have chosen to freely assemble in an effort to petition their government for redress of their grievances, if you're going to be crass at least have the courage to take personal responsibility for it.

 

[Katzndogz]

Without gerrymandering, Maxine Waters would never have been elected to Congress.

 

[rightwinger]

That's why they call them TeaTards.......bite of their nose to spite their face

You mean that's what YOU call those citizens who have chosen to freely assemble in an effort to petition their government for redress of their grievances, if you're going to be crass at least have the courage to take personal responsibility for it.

No......TeaTard seems about right

How else do you describe someone who will shut down government just because they can? Someone who will default on our debt? Someone who does not give a shit about their fellow Americans as long as they can save a nickel on taxes?

 

[zeke]

That's why they call them TeaTards.......bite of their nose to spite their face

You mean that's what YOU call those citizens who have chosen to freely assemble in an effort to petition their government for redress of their grievances, if you're going to be crass at least have the courage to take personal responsibility for it.

No......TeaTard seems about right

How else do you describe someone who will shut down government just because they can? Someone who will default on our debt? Someone who does not give a shit about their fellow Americans as long as they can save a nickel on taxes?

Tea Party members = Fuking ignorant political hacks. Works for me.
So far I haven't met a Tea Party member who can find their ass with both hands free.

 

[longknife]

In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries to create partisan advantaged districts.

Gerrymandering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The TEA Party wing of the Republicans may not owe its existence to Gerrymandering, but the tail-wagging-the-dog power it holds over the party and the nation is a direct result.

The Republican insistence on nominating conservative candidates who are right-wing buffoons in the general elections is a direct result of Gerrymandering.

Gerrymandering may be protecting the ideology of the Right, but it's rendering the Republicans impotent in national elections.

Gerrymandering is THE reason that Americans have a less than 10% approval rating for Congress.

It's the REPUBLICANS who're being hurt by Republican Gerrymandering in the long run.

`​

What a stupid generalization!!!! Take a close look and you will find that most states with Democrat majority of elected politicians are the most gerrymandered - by Dem controlled state legislatures.

 

[rightwinger]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/o...-gerrymander-of-2012.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Confounding conventional wisdom, partisan redistricting is not symmetrical between the political parties. By my seat-discrepancy criterion, 10 states are out of whack: the five I have mentioned, plus Virginia, Ohio, Florida, Illinois and Texas. Arizona was redistricted by an independent commission, Texas was a combination of Republican and federal court efforts, and Illinois was controlled by Democrats. Republicans designed the other seven maps. Both sides may do it, but one side does it more often

In North Carolina, where the two-party House vote was 51 percent Democratic, 49 percent Republican, the average simulated delegation was seven Democrats and six Republicans. The actual outcome? Four Democrats, nine Republicans — a split that occurred in less than 1 percent*of simulations. If districts were drawn fairly, this lopsided discrepancy would hardly ever occur.

Gerrymandering is not hard. The core technique is to jam voters likely to favor your opponents into a few throwaway districts where the other side will win lopsided victories, a strategy known as “packing.” Arrange other boundaries to win close victories, “cracking” opposition groups into many districts. Professionals use proprietary software to draw districts, but free software like Dave’s Redistricting App lets you do it from your couch.

 

[AVG-JOE]

In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries to create partisan advantaged districts.

Gerrymandering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The TEA Party wing of the Republicans may not owe its existence to Gerrymandering, but the tail-wagging-the-dog power it holds over the party and the nation is a direct result.

The Republican insistence on nominating conservative candidates who are right-wing buffoons in the general elections is a direct result of Gerrymandering.

Gerrymandering may be protecting the ideology of the Right, but it's rendering the Republicans impotent in national elections.

Gerrymandering is THE reason that Americans have a less than 10% approval rating for Congress.

It's the REPUBLICANS who're being hurt by Republican Gerrymandering in the long run.

`​

Don't turds like you keep saying the TEA Party is nothing, that is has no power?

Turds? What are you... thirteen?



I've never said that the TEA Party has no power... and sweeping generalizations like that are another dead give-away of an immature writer, just in case you're interested.

 

[AVG-JOE]

The Republicans "who're" ... that would be John McCain, right ? or is it Lindsey Graham's month to turn tricks? hard to keep track of what the GOP stable is up to......

Neither is a Congressman

Republicans have made a pact with the devil with the Tea Tards. Yea, they guarantee some districts but bring the rest of the party down in the national elections

The pretense that Democrats don't Gerrymander and that they don't have "extreme" candidates doesn't pass the laugh test.

So start a fucking thread. This thread is about how Republican Gerrymandering is hurting the Republicans.

Does the right EVER have an original idea besides 'No!'?