Supreme Court blocks GOP efforts to redraw congressional districts in Virginia

[JimH52]

Supreme Court upholds Virginia redistricting

"Curses, Foiled Again!" The Republican Party is running out of options to suppress the rights if voters.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

The dems have some serious problems in Virginia at the moment

 

[JimH52]

The dems have some serious problems in Virginia at the moment

The Governor will be fine. The GOP was trying to reduce the influence of the black vote, by drawing the lines to protect the white districts. They lost and the 2016 election will use the redrawn, unbiased districts. That is bad news for the GOP.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

The dems have some serious problems in Virginia at the moment

The Governor will be fine. The GOP was trying to reduce the influence of the black vote, by drawing the lines to protect the white districts. They lost and the 2016 election will use the redrawn, unbiased districts. That is bad news for the GOP.

Yeah I heard that about Illinois and their dem governors also....have you noticed which party the current Illinois governor is?

 

[candycorn]

Eventually the GOP nominee will have to talk about cutting government which affects millions of Virginians….it never goes over very well.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Eventually the GOP nominee will have to talk about cutting government which affects millions of Virginians….it never goes over very well.

Seemed to work great in Illinois

 

[tinydancer]

Supreme Court upholds Virginia redistricting

"Curses, Foiled Again!" The Republican Party is running out of options to suppress the rights if voters.

As if the D's never gerrymander districts. Check out Luis Gutierrez (D Chicago).

Illinois's 4th congressional district - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Zander]

All Congressional districts are gerrymandered. It's called POLITICS.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

All Congressional districts are gerrymandered. It's called POLITICS.

But the OP only frets when it's the republicans doing it.

 

[mdk]

Supreme Court upholds Virginia redistricting

"Curses, Foiled Again!" The Republican Party is running out of options to suppress the rights if voters.

As if the D's never gerrymander districts. Check out Luis Gutierrez (D Chicago).

Illinois's 4th congressional district - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Of course they gerrymander districts. The real losers in all these absurdly shaped districts are the American people. It is why we get stuck with these career politicians assholes whose only concern is feathering their own nests and the nests of their friends. The insanely high incumbency rate is a direct result of these noncompetitive districts.

Take at a gander at this gerrymander:

 

[candycorn]

Supreme Court upholds Virginia redistricting

"Curses, Foiled Again!" The Republican Party is running out of options to suppress the rights if voters.

As if the D's never gerrymander districts. Check out Luis Gutierrez (D Chicago).

Illinois's 4th congressional district - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Of course they gerrymander districts. The real losers in all these absurdly shaped districts are the American people. It is why we get stuck with these career politicians assholes whose only concern is feathering their own nests and the nests of their friends. The insanely high incumbency rate is a direct result of these noncompetitive districts.

Take at a gander at this gerrymander:

Which is why we need to add voice to the Constitution—it is silent on this topic as it is most of the pressing issues of today. Whenever a politician (or either stripe) can slant the playing field…they do. Dem/Rep…it doesn’t matter.

What we need to do is this. Take the ZIP codes and rank them A-J. A would have the larger populations and J would have the least. Lets say a state has 10 reps. Each one draws ZIP codes at random …and they become the Representative for that district and all of those ZIP codes. If the State has 25 reps, you rank them A-Y. Three Reps? A-C.

Contiguous districts seem to be totally unimportant anyway so what would be the logical argument against this?

 

[mdk]

Supreme Court upholds Virginia redistricting

"Curses, Foiled Again!" The Republican Party is running out of options to suppress the rights if voters.

As if the D's never gerrymander districts. Check out Luis Gutierrez (D Chicago).

Illinois's 4th congressional district - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Of course they gerrymander districts. The real losers in all these absurdly shaped districts are the American people. It is why we get stuck with these career politicians assholes whose only concern is feathering their own nests and the nests of their friends. The insanely high incumbency rate is a direct result of these noncompetitive districts.

Take at a gander at this gerrymander:

Which is why we need to add voice to the Constitution—it is silent on this topic as it is most of the pressing issues of today. Whenever a politician (or either stripe) can slant the playing field…they do. Dem/Rep…it doesn’t matter.

What we need to do is this. Take the ZIP codes and rank them A-J. A would have the larger populations and J would have the least. Lets say a state has 10 reps. Each one draws ZIP codes at random …and they become the Representative for that district and all of those ZIP codes. If the State has 25 reps, you rank them A-Y. Three Reps? A-C.

Contiguous districts seem to be totally unimportant anyway so what would be the logical argument against this?

That is certainly an interesting way of drawing the districts. It certainly couldn't be any worse then the parties drawing up nonsense to protect their fiefdoms.

 

[tinydancer]

Supreme Court upholds Virginia redistricting

"Curses, Foiled Again!" The Republican Party is running out of options to suppress the rights if voters.

As if the D's never gerrymander districts. Check out Luis Gutierrez (D Chicago).

Illinois's 4th congressional district - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Of course they gerrymander districts. The real losers in all these absurdly shaped districts are the American people. It is why we get stuck with these career politicians assholes whose only concern is feathering their own nests and the nests of their friends. The insanely high incumbency rate is a direct result of these noncompetitive districts.

Take at a gander at this gerrymander:

That's outrageous.

 

[mdk]

That's outrageous.

I know, right? Many of the PA's districts have equally silly shapes. Most people do not care so long as their party gets to break open the bubbly on Election Day. Fools.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The dems have some serious problems in Virginia at the moment

The Governor will be fine. The GOP was trying to reduce the influence of the black vote, by drawing the lines to protect the white districts. They lost and the 2016 election will use the redrawn, unbiased districts. That is bad news for the GOP.

As America continues to become more diverse and inclusive, such tactics by republicans will eventually fail to win them elections.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

The dems have some serious problems in Virginia at the moment

The Governor will be fine. The GOP was trying to reduce the influence of the black vote, by drawing the lines to protect the white districts. They lost and the 2016 election will use the redrawn, unbiased districts. That is bad news for the GOP.

As America continues to become more diverse and inclusive, such tactics by republicans will eventually fail to win them elections.

Blah, blah, blah Jones. Now go whine about some red herring or fallacy

 

[JimH52]

The dems have some serious problems in Virginia at the moment

The Governor will be fine. The GOP was trying to reduce the influence of the black vote, by drawing the lines to protect the white districts. They lost and the 2016 election will use the redrawn, unbiased districts. That is bad news for the GOP.

As America continues to become more diverse and inclusive, such tactics by republicans will eventually fail to win them elections.

Blah, blah, blah Jones. Now go whine about some red herring or fallacy

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