Democrats howling at Texas redistrict push should take a look in the mirror

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The only thing Democrats do well are lying, being hypocrites and gaslighting.

Democrats howling at Texas redistrict push should take a look in the mirror​

Let’s take a tour of the 13th Congressional District in Illinois.

It starts in East St. Louis and then moves steadily north.
By the time it gets to Springfield, home of Abraham Lincoln, about 90 miles away, it takes a sharp turn to the east, reaching Decatur and finally Champaign, itself about 80 miles away from Springfield.
It’s a jagged, narrow strip of territory with no obvious rhyme or reason as it traverses six counties.

It’s less a congressional district than a road trip, and bears a resemblance to the original gerrymander, a long, salamander-like state Senate district in Massachusetts in 1812.

The only point of the new 13th District lines, fashioned in the redistricting after the 2020 Census, was to gather together far-flung Democrats to create another Democratic congressional district.

Mission accomplished: The 13th went from being a competitive district long held by a Republican to flipping to the Democrats in 2022.

Overall, Illinois lost one district after the 2020 Census and managed to write lines that changed the congressional ratio from a 13-5 Democratic advantage to a 14-3 Democratic advantage.

The political analysis website 538 called the new map “the worst gerrymander in the country drawn by Democrats.”

Democrats howling at Texas redistrict push should take a look in the mirror

Texas Democrats fled to Illinois to stymie Gov. Greg Abbott’s redistricting vote. Next time they should do a hypocrisy check before booking a destination.

nypost.com

 

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Drawing district lines is an inherently political enterprise, and parties tend to give themselves the best of it.

When Democrats controlled the Texas Legislature, they maintained congressional lines in their favor.

It wasn’t until 2002, when Republicans won the statehouse for the first time since Reconstruction, that the GOP could redraw the congressional map — and Republicans subsequently won a majority of Texas congressional seats in 2004, also for the first time since Reconstruction.

Since Democrats gerrymander too, they have limited options for retaliating against Texas.

Pritzker says he may redraw his state’s lines, but this would require gerrymandering on top of his current gerrymander.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is making similar noises, but the California map is already tilted toward Democrats: Republicans won nearly 40% of the congressional vote in the Golden State in 2024, but only about 17% of the seats.

If the Texas plan goes through and all else remains equal, the Lone Star State will have about the same partisan skew as California.

Less gerrymandering would be better than more, but Democrats like Pritzker, who blessed his state’s meandering 13th District, have no standing to make the case.

 

[Jarod]

News today is that California is responding to Texas with its own "redistricting" plan. California has 51 members of congress, and that state can be divided up to ensure 51 Democrats are elected.

 

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News today is that California is responding to Texas with its own "redistricting" plan.

You don't think they already engage in gerrymandering??

Newsome is not merely a fucking moron, but a brainless partisan hack on steroids that has demolished Californias budget and cities.

California has 51 members of congress, and that state can be divided up to ensure 51 Democrats are elected.

Well golly gee halfwit, you do realize that once we quit counting illegals in the census California will lose more seats. They're already seeing a loss from people trying to get out of that excessively taxed, garbage ridden state.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Don't forget, NY state's redistricting plan was so gerrymandered that even the state's own courts tossed it out.

Court of Appeals throws out New York redistricting maps​

Congressional and state Senate lines will need to be redrawn, the state’s highest court ruled.​

Court of Appeals throws out New York redistricting maps

Congressional and state Senate lines will need to be redrawn, the state’s highest court ruled.

www.cityandstateny.com

https://fedsoc.org/scdw/new-york-high-court-orders-new-maps-before-election

 

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Don't forget, NY state's redistricting plan was so gerrymandered that even the state's own courts tossed it out.

Court of Appeals throws out New York redistricting maps​

Congressional and state Senate lines will need to be redrawn, the state’s highest court ruled.​

Court of Appeals throws out New York redistricting maps

Congressional and state Senate lines will need to be redrawn, the state’s highest court ruled.

www.cityandstateny.com

https://fedsoc.org/scdw/new-york-high-court-orders-new-maps-before-election

Yep. Democrats are a bunch of brainless, lying hypocrites who are everything they claim others are.

 

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