Gerrymandering

[frigidweirdo]

The nation won today.

The nation doesn't win when democracy is dead.

 

[candycorn]

The nation doesn't win when democracy is dead.

Democracy isn’t dead. The voters voted for it...duh.

 

[schmidlap]

Dems started it decades ago. It’s even named after a Democrat.

Just look at the New England area. No Republican seats at all.

That does not require gerrymandering, Take Massachusetts, the best-educated state in the nation, where Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 5 to 1. Republicans are too sparse in any contiguous area to realistically form a majority-Republican congressional district.

 

[schmidlap]

Given the anticipated will of the people likely to be expressed in November, Trump was desperate enough to push for breaking with the tradition of Congressional districts being drawn once a decade. Democrats countered to check the Republican strategy.

After a narrow loss in Virginia, Republicans are pointing fingers as Trump’s national gerrymandering fight slips into a stalemate...​

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There are mounting signs that Trump and the GOP have used valuable time and political capital on an arduous tit-for-tat that is so far looking like it will be close to a draw. Even if Republicans squeeze out gains in a new Florida map, their total gains are likely to be modest at best.​

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/22/republicans-virginia-redistricting-frustration-00886360

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[Yarddog]

Seems the Texas GOP started this, and the Supreme Court went along with it. So now in California and Virginia, the Dems are doing even better at gerrymandering. Your Rules, GOP.

MSN

Its why Democrats control California representation here is skewed for decades now. Dont pretend Texas started anything.

 

[HikerGuy83]

Here's what these ******* hypocrites have done:

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I am not so sure I see this the same way.

If you look at the presidential voting......it was 52 to 46% for Harris.

The map shows:

Now, if we assume they vote the same way in local elections (or close) you have an extra 6% to distribute across 10 districts to gain a majority. Some of it will concentrate in the far easter blue areas. But it's not a great deal.

The same could be said for the one red district, but it would have to be 95% for Trump.

I just don't see things lining up like that map shows. And even if it does, it won't take much to push some of those districts the other way.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Seems the Texas GOP started this, and the Supreme Court went along with it. So now in California and Virginia, the Dems are doing even better at gerrymandering. Your Rules, GOP.

MSN

Bullshit. If gerrymandering were exclusive to Texas and Republicans, then why this phenomenon in Democrat dominated states where nearly half the population is Republican yet they have 0 seats? This was not in response to Texas.

 

[theHawk]

Right, The "Democrats have always been the party that disenfranchises" and yet it was Republican Texas that started this, it's the Republican Supreme Court that allowed this, and it's the Republicans trying to get the SAVE Act, not because they want Democracy, but because they want to disenfranchise.

 

[LeftofLeft]

I don’t like gerrymandering at all. That said, the reality is that the population shifts and congressional districts need to be redrawn to reflect that. If both parties necessarily dig more into gerrymandering, I think protecting Electoral College becomes more critical.

 

[22lcidw]

Given the anticipated will of the people likely to be expressed in November, Trump was desperate enough to push for breaking with the tradition of Congressional districts being drawn once a decade. Democrats countered to check the Republican strategy.

After a narrow loss in Virginia, Republicans are pointing fingers as Trump’s national gerrymandering fight slips into a stalemate...​

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There are mounting signs that Trump and the GOP have used valuable time and political capital on an arduous tit-for-tat that is so far looking like it will be close to a draw. Even if Republicans squeeze out gains in a new Florida map, their total gains are likely to be modest at best.​

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/22/republicans-virginia-redistricting-frustration-00886360

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A Republican voter would be a fool to help a Progressive in distress.

 

[Harry Dresden]

just use zip codes as the areas...

 

[Marener]

I don’t like gerrymandering at all. That said, the reality is that the population shifts and congressional districts need to be redrawn to reflect that. If both parties necessarily dig more into gerrymandering, I think protecting Electoral College becomes more critical.

They didn’t need to be redrawn and that’s not why Texas did it.

 

[kyzr]

Democracy isn’t dead. The voters voted for it...duh.

LOL. The vote was very close, nearly 50/50, so the democrats get 10 districts and Rs get 1.

 

[rightwinger]

Democrats started gerrymandering over 200 years ago.

Let’s end it and use nonpartisan means to set districts

Agree?

 

[rightwinger]

LOL. The vote was very close, nearly 50/50, so the democrats get 10 districts and Rs get 1.

Thank the Supreme Court who refused to get involved

 

[WorldWatcher]

Let’s end it and use nonpartisan means to set districts

Agree?

A "D" submitted the Redistricting Reform Act of 2024 which would have banned partisian gerrymandering and mid-cycle redraws for political purposes.

It died in the GOP controlled Senate, they wouldn't let it out of committee.

WW

 

[rightwinger]

A "D" submitted the Redistricting Reform Act of 2024 which would have banned partisian gerrymandering and mid-cycle redraws for political purposes.

It died in the GOP controlled Senate, they wouldn't let it out of committee.

WW

The Supreme Court had a chance to end it once and for all
Gerrymandering is blatantly unconstitutional

They looked the other way

 

[hadit]

Seems the Texas GOP started this, and the Supreme Court went along with it. So now in California and Virginia, the Dems are doing even better at gerrymandering. Your Rules, GOP.

MSN

Texas did not start Gerrymandering. It's been going on for a long time, and democrats are past masters at it.

 

[LeftofLeft]

They didn’t need to be redrawn and that’s not why Texas did it.

Even when they “need to be redrawn” , the party in power draws the districts in their favor.

 

[Marener]

Even when they “need to be redrawn” , the party in power draws the districts in their favor.

Some states, primarily blue states, have gone to nonpartisan redistricting commissions or passed amendments requiring redistricting to be done in a nonpartisan fashion.

it would be nice if the whole country could move this way, but since Republicans decided to go scorched earth, the Democratic Party responded in kind.