Dislike gerrymandering? Then the redistricting map from Illinois Democrats should be appalling to you

[Greenman]

I hope California repeals our independent commission thing so we can gerrymander Republicans out of power too. GOP is laughing at us.

Republican's in California are a zero sum.

 

[Bitek]

This.

If Ds could also dupe Texas into passing a recall law like CA has, that would be helpful as well.

 

[ch33zw1z]

So pretty much thread backfire

 

[bbhaag]

So pretty much thread backfire

Perhaps to some it may seem like that but not to me. I brought awareness to some that may have been unaware.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Perhaps to some it may seem like that but not to me. I brought awareness to some that may have been unaware.

If you want to ignore the thread and just stay woke, that's on you.

 

[K1052]

Perhaps to some it may seem like that but not to me. I brought awareness to some that may have been unaware.

Not only are the posters here not "unaware" but we have pretty strong opinions on the issue. You were looking to ding Democrats and it blew up in your face.

 

[soulcougher73]

Perhaps to some it may seem like that but not to me. I brought awareness to some that may have been unaware.

From what I was able to gather online, the GOP gerrymanders 4 times to every 1 time the Dems do. Plus they also embrace it, while Dems wish it outlawed. Different morals.

 

[ch33zw1z]

From what I was able to gather online, the GOP gerrymanders 4 times to every 1 time the Dems do. Plus they also embrace it, while Dems wish it outlawed. Different morals.

#bothsides tho.

I'm anxious to see the GOP step up and outlaw gerrymandering, any time now....

 

[DarthKyrie]

Or just go with proportional representation.

Amendment the First, yes this is its actual name because it was deemed to be the most important of the original Amendments, should still be up for a vote among the states to Ratify as an Amendment to the Constitution. It would have set the number of people represented to one Rep at something in the neighborhood of 15,000.

From what I have read about it there was no limit on how long it takes to pass, I just wish it only needed the same amount of states to ratify it as it did back when the Bill of Rights was added, all it would take is for New York to ratify it to pass going by the 13 Original States.

The law from 1912 that limits the size of the US House of Representatives needs to be repealed as it goes against what the Founders wanted for the People's House of Congress.

 

[hal2kilo]

May not work out the Pubs would like it to.

GOP gerrymandering will backfire on Republicans | Salon.com

The kinds of people who vote in Republican primaries are ... well, not America's best. Without having to worry about running candidates who have to compete against Democrats for moderate voters, GOP primary voters can just go with whatever candidate excites them the most. And what speaks to Republican primary voters is sadism, racism, and a deep commitment to wild conspiracy theories. Gerrymandering makes it so that America's worst voters also happen to be the only voters who count at all in an increasing number of districts.

This is how we got Gaetz, who won with nearly 65% of the vote in his staunchly Republican district, Taylor Green, who drew nearly 75% of the vote, and Rep. Paul Gosar, who flaunts his white nationalist yearnings and got nearly 70% of the vote in his deeply conservative Arizona district. Having a heavily Republican district is an open invitation for the worst people to run, secure in the knowledge that as long as they can win over the Newsmax-addled, Facebook-meme-sharing hard right nuts that vote in GOP primaries. After that, it's a red carpet straight to national office.