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Is Georgia the most Gerrymandered State?
Posted on 11/6/14 at 8:32 am
Posted on 11/6/14 at 8:32 am
I was looking over the election results yesterday, and noticed that in Georgia's 14 House of Representatives districts, 7 of them were completely uncontested. None of the other 7 even had competitive results.
This is another reason people have for not voting. There is simply no choice and voting makes no difference at all. The party in power fixes it so voting is irrelevant.
Are there any states worse than Georgia when it comes to gerrymandering?
This is another reason people have for not voting. There is simply no choice and voting makes no difference at all. The party in power fixes it so voting is irrelevant.
Are there any states worse than Georgia when it comes to gerrymandering?
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Posted on 11/6/14 at 8:33 am to samson'sseed
Posted on 11/6/14 at 8:33 am to samson'sseed
quote:
Are there any states worse than Georgia when it comes to gerrymandering?
i think illinois has 2 amazingly gerrymandered districts
i hate gerrymandering, but until we rescind the VRA it's not going to be possible in many states
i believe california is quite progressive in drawing "real" districts
Posted on 11/6/14 at 8:35 am to samson'sseed
Posted on 11/6/14 at 8:37 am to samson'sseed
District lines make more sense drawn by constituent addresses than geographics, IMO. If the lines were drawn by geographics only, minorities would have less of a chance of getting representation.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 8:38 am to Helo
quote:
Democrats won in nine of the 10 most-gerrymandered districts. But eight out of 10 of those districts were drawn by Republicans
Posted on 11/6/14 at 8:40 am to TN Bhoy
quote:I've seen that before. Who's district is that? Go Gata?
TN Bhoy
Posted on 11/6/14 at 8:41 am to bhtigerfan
quote:
I've seen that before. Who's district is that? Go Gata?
Yep
Posted on 11/6/14 at 8:43 am to bhtigerfan
Louisiana 2nd
Basically any minority-majority district because of the VRA.
Basically any minority-majority district because of the VRA.
This post was edited on 11/6/14 at 8:46 am
Posted on 11/6/14 at 8:46 am to samson'sseed
Send all gerrymandering complaints to the Federal judges. This is all on them.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 9:07 am to mauser
I've had this discussion before, but unless you do a system where you get X votes and vote for X congressmen (X being the number of CDs) it is basically physically impossible to not "gerrymander"
Posted on 11/6/14 at 9:42 am to GetCocky11
Funny how that district hops around the white neighborhoods.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 9:45 am to samson'sseed
Majority-minority districts have doomed any sort of democracy in the South.
The false assumption that white folks cannot represent black folks, and herding people into voting booths based on the color of their skin - in direct opposition to everything Dr. King stood for - has led us to this point.
If Congressional districts were drawn to reasonably reflect the historical, regional associations among communities, rather than to achieve a particular resulting skin color, then Democrat AND Republican candidates would have to get out there and compete for the black (and in many places, now, latino) vote.
Rather than take for granted/ignore, like they do now. Don't get me wrong - it has been a long time since blacks were excited about voting in elections where BHO is not running for president, but that can change if they are engaged.
The false assumption that white folks cannot represent black folks, and herding people into voting booths based on the color of their skin - in direct opposition to everything Dr. King stood for - has led us to this point.
If Congressional districts were drawn to reasonably reflect the historical, regional associations among communities, rather than to achieve a particular resulting skin color, then Democrat AND Republican candidates would have to get out there and compete for the black (and in many places, now, latino) vote.
Rather than take for granted/ignore, like they do now. Don't get me wrong - it has been a long time since blacks were excited about voting in elections where BHO is not running for president, but that can change if they are engaged.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 9:50 am to Ace Midnight
State districts 77 & 78 in Alabama are PRIME examples of this.
Dude actually stood before state congress and said he had no problem for a man to marry his mule if he and the mule got along.
He's been there 30 years and won Tuesday by a landslide.
Dude actually stood before state congress and said he had no problem for a man to marry his mule if he and the mule got along.
He's been there 30 years and won Tuesday by a landslide.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 9:52 am to samson'sseed
quote:
Are there any states worse than Georgia when it comes to gerrymandering?
I remember this...
This post was edited on 11/6/14 at 9:55 am
Posted on 11/6/14 at 9:56 am to samson'sseed
quote:
s Georgia the most Gerrymandered State?
it only been gerrymandered around Atlanta and only because of your Democrat pals. But please whine on, by all means!
Posted on 11/6/14 at 10:01 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:
i hate gerrymandering, but until we rescind the VRA it's not going to be possible in many states
Will Louisiana be under the VRA umbrella when they redistrict in 2020?
This is doing nothing but creating more politically extreme districts.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 10:42 am to carbola
There's a software guy somewhere that can make this a better process. Gerrymandering kills representative politics.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:18 am to bamarep
quote:
Dude actually stood before state congress and said he had no problem for a man to marry his mule if he and the mule got along.
He's been there 30 years and won Tuesday by a landslide
I don't see any problem with this at all and obviously the "Dude" has quite the public support on this issue.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:21 am to Aubie Spr96
I forget who said it
"There was once a day when voters chose who they vote for. Today, politicians choose who for them"
"There was once a day when voters chose who they vote for. Today, politicians choose who for them"
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