Mid decade redistricting

[reversaloffortune]

There is no justification for Texas or other red states to redistrict  except to further suppress representation before the 2026 midterms.

[Caveira]

6 minutes ago, reversaloffortune said:

There is no justification for Texas or other red states to redistrict  except to further suppress representation before the 2026 midterms.

Was it cool in this place or nah?

 

[reversaloffortune]

I don't like any gerrymandering.  Nice whataboutism attempt.

[El Luchador]

The Governor of Massachusetts said if Texas did this she reciprocate, turns out Massachusetts already took care of that. Classic egg on face.

[ionel]

1 minute ago, El Luchador said:

The Governor of Massachusetts said if Texas did this she reciprocate, turns out Massachusetts already took care of that. Classic egg on face.

When did Gop citizens last have any representation in Massachusetts? 

[ionel]

39 minutes ago, Caveira said:

Was it cool in this place or nah?

 

I was there when they invented that skinny snake strip thru the center of the state and lived within the snake boundary.  

Edited 23 hours ago by ionel

[El Luchador]

5 minutes ago, ionel said:

When did Gop citizens last have any representation in Massachusetts? 

My research says 31 years ago.

Edited 23 hours ago by El Luchador

[El Luchador]

At least they have low taxes as a result

[ionel]

1 minute ago, El Luchador said:

My research says 31 years ago.

... and yet Newsom, Pritzker and the dems are outraged. 

[Tripnsweep]

56 minutes ago, ionel said:

When did Gop citizens last have any representation in Massachusetts? 

The governor was a Republican a few years ago. He was actually very popular and did a lot of good. 

[ionel]

Just now, Tripnsweep said:

The governor was a Republican a few years ago. He was actually very popular and did a lot of good. 

The whole state is kind've equal when voting for Gov correct ... gerrymandering doesn't help for Gov? 

[Tripnsweep]

3 minutes ago, ionel said:

The whole state is kind've equal when voting for Gov correct ... gerrymandering doesn't help for Gov? 

You asked. Massachusetts doesn't mind voting Republican. 

[Offthemat]

14 minutes ago, Tripnsweep said:

Massachusetts doesn't mind voting Republican. 

That goes for all of new england , yet they don’t have a single republican rep in congress. 

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[Tripnsweep]

5 hours ago, Offthemat said:

That goes for all of new england , yet they don’t have a single republican rep in congress. 

Maybe if they didn't have to toe the Trump line they might actually win. 

[El Luchador]

7 hours ago, Tripnsweep said:

Maybe if they didn't have to toe the Trump line they might actually win. 

Probably if they didn't have Trump to piggy back they'd lose worse. You may not realize this but Trump transformed a loser party into a dominant force. He upset the apple cart and charged politics around the world.

[headshuck]

This is an interesting read. Practically everything is headwinds for the Democrats if we go down this path.

[JimmySpeaks]

Why are Dems so mad that Texas is doing exactly what they’ve already done??? 

[Wrestleknownothing]

17 hours ago, El Luchador said:

My research says 31 years ago.

24 of the last 34 years Massachusetts has had a Republican governor. Top notch research. 

[Offthemat]

17 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

24 of the last 34 years Massachusetts has had a Republican governor. Top notch research. 

Gerrymandering has no effect on statewide races, genius.  You’re making our point. 

[JimmySpeaks]

3 hours ago, headshuck said:

This is an interesting read. Practically everything is headwinds for the Democrats if we go down this path.
 

This  

it’s all for show. They’ve already done most of it. 

[El Luchador]

1 hour ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

24 of the last 34 years Massachusetts has had a Republican governor. Top notch research. 

You have officially earned a  

 

[Wrestleknownothing]

12 minutes ago, El Luchador said:

You have officially earned a  

 

 

1 hour ago, Offthemat said:

Gerrymandering has no effect on statewide races, genius.  You’re making our point. 

Oh ye of little brain. The reason Republicans have zero Reps in Congress is because Massachusetts is not gerrymandered. State rules say each district must contain one ninth of the state's population (~780k). If you took any single person in Massachusetts and chose the 780k citizens closest to them, Trump would have lost every single dis9ltrict, every time. There is not a single part of the state that contains enough Republicans to constitue a majority unless you gerrymander. 

[Offthemat]

1 hour ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

 

Oh ye of little brain. The reason Republicans have zero Reps in Congress is because Massachusetts is not gerrymandered. State rules say each district must contain one ninth of the state's population (~780k). If you took any single person in Massachusetts and chose the 780k citizens closest to them, Trump would have lost every single dis9ltrict, every time. There is not a single part of the state that contains enough Republicans to constitue a majority unless you gerrymander. 

Besides being too stupid to realize that gerrymandering doesn’t have any impact on statewide elections, now you’re compounding your density by claiming it has to do with the numbers.  Gerrymandering is a term applying to the shape of the districts, and nothing else.  It only affects House races.  Next time you see a Massachusetts House District map, come back and tell us how those lines couldn’t be changed.

[Wrestleknownothing]

11 minutes ago, Offthemat said:

Besides being too stupid to realize that gerrymandering doesn’t have any impact on statewide elections, now you’re compounding your density by claiming it has to do with the numbers.  Gerrymandering is a term applying to the shape of the districts, and nothing else.  It only affects House races.  Next time you see a Massachusetts House District map, come back and tell us how those lines couldn’t be changed.

And nothing else? That is the dumbest thing you have said yet. Odd shapes are not the goal, they are the result. The goal is to over ride the true representation of a district. That is what gerrymandering is about, and nothing else. The shape is the tool not the goal. And Massachusetts does not have oddly shaped districts like North and South Carolina, Illinois, Maryland and Texas.

I know you really want to believe it is true about Massachusetts, but it just isn't despite the fact that gerrymandering was invented there. 

https://gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-report-card?planId=recCUmeKhThrNstI9

 

[El Luchador]

2 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

And nothing else? That is the dumbest thing you have said yet. Odd shapes are not the goal, they are the result. The goal is to over ride the true representation of a district. That is what gerrymandering is about, and nothing else. The shape is the tool not the goal. And Massachusetts does not have oddly shaped districts like North and South Carolina, Illinois, Maryland and Texas.

I know you really want to believe it is true about Massachusetts, but it just isn't despite the fact that gerrymandering was invented there. 

https://gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-report-card?planId=recCUmeKhThrNstI9

 

You really are missing something in your understanding of the issue.