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Democrats are doing really well in Redistricting
Intelligencer ^ | 12/25/2021 | Eric Levitz

Posted on 12/26/2021 9:14:33 AM PST by nbenyo

"The new House map is more than half finished. And in many states where maps haven’t been finalized, the broad outlines are already visible. Taken together, the emerging picture is far more favorable for Democrats than most anticipated"

(Excerpt) Read more at nymag.com ...


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KEYWORDS: fightback; gerrymander; gerrymandering
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"Independent" commissions have screwed Republicans in California, New Jersey, and soon to be Michigan.

Democrat controlled states have savagely eliminated Republican districts in Illinois, Maryland, New Mexico and soon-to-be New York. Nevada Democrats locked in a 3-1 majority and Massachusetts 9-0.

Meanwhile Republican controlled states have been timid. Indiana was the absolute worst. They gave away the 1st district to the Democrats. Nebraska ignored the easy opportunity to make the swing Omaha district safe Repubican. Kentucky could have eliminated its one Democratic district by cracking Louisville; it declined to do so. Iowa, Ohio and Texas maps could have been much more aggressive. Florida remains to be seen.

Three states still have an opportunity to eliminate a Democratic district: Missouri (by carving up Kansas City) Tennessee (by carving up Nashville) Kansas (by carving up Kansas City)

1 posted on 12/26/2021 9:14:33 AM PST by nbenyo
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To: nbenyo

Reps are so intimidated by the false media narrative of racially drawing lines against dims. Meanwhile, dims go for the throat.


2 posted on 12/26/2021 9:17:09 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: nbenyo

I guess those fraudulent “81 million mail in ballots” just aren’t enough to keep the freaking communists in “powah”.


3 posted on 12/26/2021 9:20:00 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: ealgeone

It’s not a racial issue. Republicans benefit from creating black districts. This makes the surrounding districts more R.


4 posted on 12/26/2021 9:20:04 AM PST by nbenyo
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To: ealgeone

They sue if they don’t get their way. Republicans cower.


5 posted on 12/26/2021 9:20:28 AM PST by Luke21
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To: nbenyo

Wouldn’t want to be unfair, would we? It would be ungentlemanly. Now, now, now, let go of that broken bottle and bar stool, and let’s calm down.


6 posted on 12/26/2021 9:20:29 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Buck Foe Jiden!)
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To: Luke21

Why lie?

https://wtop.com/maryland/2021/12/second-lawsuit-filed-over-marylands-new-congressional-districting-map/


7 posted on 12/26/2021 9:23:45 AM PST by TexasGurl24
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To: Eleutheria5

Ow! I didn’t mean let go of it inside my rib cage, you twit. (crash!)


8 posted on 12/26/2021 9:24:01 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Buck Foe Jiden!)
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To: nbenyo

“Meanwhile Republican controlled states have been timid.”

The days of being surprised by this are long gone.


9 posted on 12/26/2021 9:24:13 AM PST by cdcdawg (The shots don't work. I will be putting your guns and pickups in my barn after you die. )
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To: nbenyo

And Merrick Garland’s DOJ will undoubtedly intervene in any state where the redistricting does NOT favor the Democrats. I think he’s already doing it in Texas.


10 posted on 12/26/2021 9:24:13 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: nbenyo

The GOP is much happier out of power. They can churn up anger and live well off our donations, and don’t need to worry about actually governing.


11 posted on 12/26/2021 9:26:37 AM PST by Renfrew
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“Taken together, the emerging picture is far more favorable for Democrats than most anticipated”

Translation- we’re still getting our asses kicked but not as badly as we thought.

Despite this article (and what some here are claiming) in a far Left rag trying to play down the Libs redistricting woes there are articles bemoaning how unfair the redistricting is to the Dems.


12 posted on 12/26/2021 9:27:48 AM PST by billyboy15
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Most of these states where the Democrats are “doing well” are Democratic states that are losing House seats. So it does stand to reason that they would lose GOP-majority districts, doesn't it?

Massachusetts has a 9-0 Democratic delegation in the House of Representatives? WGAF. At its peak, MA had 20 House seats. It had as many as 16 as recently as 1930. It’s been all downhill for that dump ever since.

13 posted on 12/26/2021 9:28:02 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest; still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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To: nbenyo

WE NEED ANOTHER POLITICAL PARTY.

THE GOP COULDN’T GET MOSES ELECTED IN ISRAEL, JESUS ELECTED IN THE VATICAN OR MOHAMMAD ELECTED IN ARABIA.

PATHETIC, COWARDLY, BACKSTABBING, SELF SERVING, LYING LOSERS.

Totally controlled by the globalist mobocracy.


14 posted on 12/26/2021 9:28:13 AM PST by ZULU (HOOVER, FREEH, MUELLER, COMEY, WRAY, SUCCESSION OF STATISTS)
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To: Renfrew

BINGO


15 posted on 12/26/2021 9:28:45 AM PST by ZULU (HOOVER, FREEH, MUELLER, COMEY, WRAY, SUCCESSION OF STATISTS)
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To: cdcdawg

Timid?

Or are these Stares also more democrat control than you want to admit?


16 posted on 12/26/2021 9:29:05 AM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: nbenyo

Why is it that when Demoncrats do this its labeled as “redistricting”, when Republicans do it they label it as “gerrymandering”?


17 posted on 12/26/2021 9:30:16 AM PST by GunHoardingCapitalist (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: ealgeone
Reps are so intimidated by the false media narrative of racially drawing lines against dims.

I used to think they were scared. Now I know they are in on it.

18 posted on 12/26/2021 9:31:36 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: nbenyo

Don’t forget NY


19 posted on 12/26/2021 9:31:57 AM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: Renfrew

>The GOP is much happier out of power. They can churn up anger and live well off our donations, and don’t need to worry about actually governing.<

I agree! We’re fighting both parties for our freedoms.


20 posted on 12/26/2021 9:33:03 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U
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