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Originally Posted by hcap
We do not ha to spin anything
What the 2018 midterms mean for the Democrats’ gerrymandering dilemma
https://www.vox.com/midterm-election...gerrymandering
Back in 2010, the Republican Party, on the heels of a sweeping loss to Barack Obama in 2008, hatched a scheme it called REDMAP, short for Redistricting Majority Project. It was “the most audacious political heist of modern times,” writes David Daley, author of Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America’s Democracy, a 2016 book about REDMAP.
What the Republicans created, Daley writes, was a firewall against the popular will of voters by carving out districts that systematically favor the GOP and neutralize support for Democratic candidates. What’s more, district lines are only drawn once a decade, in conjunction with the census, so there aren’t many opportunities to reverse them. (The next census is in 2020 and the following one will be in 2030.)
One of the big questions heading into the 2018 midterm election was whether the Democrats would gain enough power — particularly in state legislatures — to redraw some of these district lines and level the playing field. As Vox’s Andrew Prokop recently explained, Democrats have a plan to win the redistricting game, but much of it turns on winning elections.
Not Fake news bunky |
Bud there is no gerrymander in Senate Elections.
There is Gerrymander but it happens at the state/house level. Republicans have dominated that for the past 10 years or so... so you do have a point on it but Democrats are about to take over and most map re-draws will happen in 2020/2021.
Its your turn now.
