Edit: Title updated. It has officially passed both the state assembly and the senate. It’s officially going to be on the California ballot in November.
I really dislike how we’ve come to this despite realizing it’s probably necessary.
We’ve come to this place because Democrats kept playing fair against cheaters.
You have 3 options:
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Play fair, and prosecute / arrest cheaters. (Ideal)
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Cheat yourself against the cheaters. (Less ideal)
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Play fair and keep losing. (Idiotic) <—Democrats are here
The fourth option is to play Hard Ball, and force them to play by the rules, and not allow them to just make up arbitrary rules to obey or not obey, depending on what’s convenient for them.
That’s option 1 above. That train left the station long ago, unfortunately.
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Like radiation therapy to treat cancer. Exposing yourself to intense X-ray radiation usually isn’t a smart idea, but it’s better than the alternative, and at least it’s targeted and controlled.
And the CA Supreme Court also just threw out the GOP lawsuit against this.
Okay so a red state is redder and a blue state is bluer.
Let me know when Michigan, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, PA, GA and more join the wave.
This is important because it helps preserve the house of representative political party ratio so the GOO doesn’t gerrymander themselves to a supermajority in the midterms.
On top of that, the new red districts in Texas who aren’t exactly happy about this change are not exactly a lock. California district changes very likely are. There’s a slim but possible upset against maga in this whole maneuver.
the infuriating thing is that by vote count alone, texas is actually very purple
I think it was on the verge of going blue back in the early aughts and then they gerrymandered a majority for themselves ever since.
even right now it’s something like 46% blue
There are more registered Democrats than there are Republicans in Texas, but somehow the votes don’t reflect the fact.
New Hampshire only has 2 seats and both are democrats, and have been since 2016.
Hey there youngin.
Must have not been an adult in the year 2000 or 2004.
NH is a very important swing state, despite its lack of electoral votes.
Google it or something.
I was not an adult then, but I have literally lived in NH. I was merely pointing out that NH can’t exactly get more blue (other than maybe getting some better dems than the current ones) because they have 2 dem senators and 2 dem house reps.
Gerrymandering doesn’t apply to presidential elections.
Yes it does.
No, it doesn’t. Gerrymandering is the redrawing of congressional districts for the House of Representatives.
Congressional districts aren’t used in presidential elections.
Take your own advice and Google it or something.
Be careful what you wish for activating New Hampshire. They call it the Alabama of the North for a reason.
The blue state ain’t bluer yet. State senate has to ok it, the voters have to approve in November.
They should shape one like a donkey just to flex
They disenfranchised a bunch of Trump voters in a dick shaped one.
Never in my life did I think Lodi would be tripartite split.
It’s okay, someone just redrew the maps… Sweats in British, Russian, and cries in Polish
Love the new Humboldt county/North county/fuck it come all the way down to the bay area
Yeah, that county is the most clearly gerrymandered district in the state. Also, it looks like a giant dong.
