Nebraska state senators returned to the floor Monday for the first day of the special session on redistricting, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, in Lincoln, Neb.
Now Republicans in Nebraska’s legislature are proposing splitting up the 2nd Congressional District, the one Biden won, in their new map. The change would make the swingy district surrounding Omaha, the state’s largest city, more Republican. It would also make it harder for a Democratic presidential candidate to win.Winning the presidency has not come down to a single electoral vote since the earliest years of the United States. Still, every one of the nation’s 538 electoral votes is precious.
“There’s no question that the Republicans would like to win there, and they’re doing what they think is needed to do that,” said former state Sen. Bob Krist, a Republican-turned-Democrat who worked with GOP lawmakers during the state’s last redistricting a decade ago. The new map would slice off the western edge of Omaha and put it in the 1st Congressional District, which leans solidly Republican because most of it is rural farmland with several more conservative towns. Those voters would be replaced by the suburban and rural areas to the west that are starkly more Republican.
Despite the partisan overtones, the biggest objections to the Republican Nebraska plans have come from Omaha residents and advocates who say the GOP should not be splitting up a city.
More bullshit from Republicans because they know that they can't win on their policies
Colorado Democrats are gerrymandering, why not Nebraska Republicans? It equals out in the end.
It's becoming increasingly important to pass the NationalInterstatePopularVoteCompact in more states before 2024. States signed on to the NatlPopularVote will award all their EC votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote.
Shocker
The R party , putting party over country . I guess since their Trump lead failed attempt to overthrow the government on January 6th didn't work they'll go to the state governments across the country to try to gain control.
Can confirm the maps are a gerrymandered POS!
How does a district map change state-wide votes?
marceelias EliasLawGroup
Not fascist at all. 🙄
Republicans can’t get away with stacking the deck and cheating this way.
KalleckCher Gotta cheat to win, right GQP?
It’s time for congress to pass new election laws and do away with the electoral college
morgfair Texas is looking to accomplish the same thing. Republicans are looking to gerrymander to make the Republican Party the permanent majority party in state legislatures. It won't matter what party holds the governor seat. The legislature will decide what happens in the state.
morgfair Where's staceyabrams ?
morgfair They gave to cheat now
cryborg I’m so tired of this shit. Dems are always fighting an uphill battle. Tired of the GOP cheating.
States that make themselves more solidly red or blue will get ignored by national politicians as a side effect. Why visit, campaign, or spend money someplace you can't pick up a vote?
It’s the only way Republicans can win…cheat.
At some point one must ask, whether you are democrat or republicans liberal or conservative. Is you life actually better with all this tribalism and culture wars. At what point to we vote for an effective government whichever side it’s on. One side does not own that
Hey marceelias picked this up about Nebraska gerrymandering
LeaSavoy Good!
Little adolfs... all
That's always been the main point behind all these GOP gerrymandering & voter suppression efforts. Also, w/ their new GOP state legislature controlled voting boards they will overturn elections they lose. Watch out when this happens. It will lead to widespread political violence.
Good
DeniseDM5 This is a nation wide plan, or should I say clan.
Does anyone find it bizarre that political parties get to draw the district lines? Like...that's a bad idea, right?
Republicans have decided that since they cannot win fairly then they will do everything possible to cheat and prevent free elections. What kind of twisted ideology is that?
All the people bitching about gerrymandering seem to forget None of you mortgage holders/renters would be allowed to vote if the founders STILL had their way.
NO MORE REPUBLICANS EVER AGAIN GOP HouseGOP SenateGOP LeaderMcConnell GOPLeader NO MORE REPUBLICANS EVER AGAIN
I guess the GOP feels they can't win without fixing the fight...like criminals do
Honestly why do these cheats even pretend. They just want to be dictators!
As someone who lives in omaha, would be sad to see that my county is being split in half for political reasons. The Republicans in my state would be able to win that electoral vote by being better for the suburbs, but they don't care about changing people lives for the better
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Indiana needs help too!
This electoral college is outdated crap. The popular vote — who most people want — needs to drive this country not a bunch of manipulative political ploys that where fewer Americans are undercutting the will of the people.
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