the reason those boards were put in place was because both sides were doing this kind of crap. I know, I was living in California at the time.
When the dems did it, the gop screamed bloody murder, when the gop did it, the dems did the same.
If the good or bad of the same behavior depends on the person or group doing the behaving, then your standards are screwed up. Obviously the gop and dems in California are screwed up. And it seems they are nationwide as well.
I don’t recall using the word “cheating” except to describe the folks who did this - and that word applies to the general type, not to their activity here.
Doing this is indefensible. And I KNOW the same slimes who drew this map will scream bloody murder if and when the dems do the same in return.
When did the GOP “do it” in California in the modern era ? The last time there was a Republican majority to draw the lines there was 1952. The Democrats have been screwing the GOP since 1962 onwards, and the “independent board” even moreso. Letting the Democrats/Left get the upper hand has allowed the state to slide into a third-world hellhole. How’s that working out for you ?