author David Daley.Q: So is it that in the battleground, split-control states, you'll see more fairness? And then on the extremes, on both ends we'll see this strategy? Do you expect to see it in Democratic states as well?I think what we saw in 2011 is that whenever one party controls the entire process, what you end up with are maps that wildly favor that side.
The problem is that gerrymandering from 1790 through 2000 is really just in its infancy. It's in its minor leagues. It's politicians working from memory about which neighborhoods are friendly, and they've got magic markers and giant pieces of parchment paper. Q: You mentioned some of the reforms that have happened over the last few years, and you write about a lot of them in your new book. If you went back to the David that was working on Ratf*****d, and told him all of the changes that have been made in America in the last couple years, how surprised would he be that there's been a sort of groundswell about this thing that used to be a very niche and very in-the-weeds topic?: Oh, it's been wonderful to see.
And that marshals in a redistricting revolution in Michigan. It's 4000 volunteers. They go out, they collect more than 425,000 signatures and they get this on the ballot there and they win with more than 60% of the vote.
It’s inevitable that people in power will try. This is why sides must have power to counter it.... in ways that go beyond just having a majority to make it so.
And a danger to Democracy.
For all the 'What about Democrats' people: it's also wrong when they do it but overwhelmingly this has been done by republicans
Fuck him.
agavecorn Change to copper tubing to clean our drinking water and plumbing and fix our infrastructure to fix roads and bridges so necessary for carrying commerce across our country and over seas! This will create numerous good paying jobs!
Is that like redlining
agavecorn I couldn’t agree more! But those electronic scanners and electronic voting machines that take a barcoded Democrat’s ballot that when scanned electronically will register for the GOP! Switch to Absentee Ballots and count the ballots by hand! That’ll stop republicans dead!
Like all things political, it's bad if GOP does it. Progressives will not win.
Democrats are pretty good at gerrymandering as well!
Hey, NPR, have you ever looked at Maryland's 3rd Congressional district? Asking for millions of voters:
And the fake news media tells us they’re not biased. Smh.
In summary, the GOP does not care for democracy in the slightest.
Yes. End it now.
yawn move on
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