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The controversy over the gerrymandered states to eliminate oppositional seats

Posted on 5/7/26 at 1:39 pm
Posted by i am dan
NC
Member since Aug 2011
31669 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 1:39 pm
This accurate?



States with 0 Republican representation:
Connecticut
Delaware
Hawaii
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Rhode Island


States with 0 Democratic representation:
Alaska
Arkansas
Idaho
Iowa
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Utah
West Virginia
Wyoming
Posted by TrueTiger
Chicken's most valuable
Member since Sep 2004
82339 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 1:41 pm to
New Mexico is a shame.

There are a lot of Republicans there.
Posted by TideCPA
Member since Jan 2012
14123 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 1:45 pm to
Add Vermont to the 0 Republican column. But it's important to note that many of these states have only 1 US House seat/district:
- Alaska (R)
- North Dakota (R)
- South Dakota (R)
- Wyoming (R)
- Delaware (D)
- Vermont (D)

So these don't really count toward anyone's gerrymandering argument.
This post was edited on 5/7/26 at 1:50 pm
Posted by tigeraddict
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
14811 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 1:47 pm to
Don’t include states with only 1 house rep

Alaska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Wyoming

As these states can’t gerrymander one seat

Even 2 seat states are tough to gerrymander.



Posted by tigeraddict
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
14811 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 1:48 pm to
Rhode island has 2 reps

Posted by Lgrnwd
Member since Jan 2018
8736 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 1:50 pm to
No they should not count towards the Gerrymandering argument. And to include them in that argument in disingenuous.
Posted by MasterDigger
Member since Nov 2019
2959 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 2:30 pm to
quote:

States with 0 Democratic representation:
You civics inept idiots need to stop using democratic in place of democrat...


Posted by i am dan
NC
Member since Aug 2011
31669 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 2:43 pm to
quote:

You civics inept idiots need to stop using democratic in place of democrat...


Should they stop saying the "Democratic primaries" because that's all anyone ever says?

You ever heard it called the Democrat Primaries?
Posted by tjv305
Member since May 2015
12943 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 2:47 pm to
Hopefully there will be a few more states added to the republican list. Going to be interesting to see how the redistricting effect Congress. Some states that didn’t make changes for this election could still make changes for 2028 .
Posted by Deek
Member since Sep 2013
1326 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 2:48 pm to
quote:

States with 0 Democratic representation:
Alaska


Lisa Murkowski- she counts as a Dem
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
115400 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 3:08 pm to
Let's be fair, a number of those states have only one rep
Posted by TejasHorn
High Plains Driftin'
Member since Mar 2007
11617 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 3:49 pm to
You can gerrymander yourself into defeat too. Watered down districts will be interesting to watch in November.

Texas rushed it through based in part on Hispanic voting trends from 2024… where sentiment has now reversed course. And Hispanics are now a plurality of the state population.

To whit, Talarico (D) leads Paxton, the likely R nominee, by 5 points. Beto never got there, and I suspect it has to do with Hispanic likely voters along with women.

A similar risk arises in CA, VA etc.. just using Texas as an example here.
This post was edited on 5/7/26 at 3:53 pm
Posted by ChineseBandit58
Pearland, TX
Member since Aug 2005
49522 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 3:58 pm to
quote:

using democratic in place of democrat...

thank goodness there are others who find this despicable - there are even highly placed GOP officials who use 'democratic' party.

Drives me crazy
Posted by BamaCoaster
God's Gulf
Member since Apr 2016
7038 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 4:06 pm to
quote:

To whit, Talarico (D) leads Paxton, the likely R nominee, by 5 points. Beto never got there, and I suspect it has to do with Hispanic likely voters along with women.


Beto was leading in polls, then people got to know that weirdo.
Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
9480 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 4:16 pm to
Posted by Oneforthemoney
A town near you, la
Member since Dec 2013
2507 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 4:29 pm to
To those fleeing Texas Democrats that say that they are saving democracy in Texas and the United States relative to congressional redistricting, here are the facts:
MA: 36% Republican, 0 seats
CT: 42% Republican, 0 seats
ME: 46% Republican, O seats
NM: 46% Republican, O seats
NH: 48% Republican, O seats
RI: 42% Republican, O seats
VT: 32% Republican, O seats
HI: 38% Republican, 0 seats
DE: 42% Republican, O seats

Also, as to some of the blue states that were benevolent enough to give us a smidgen:
CA: 38% Republican, only 9 of 52 seats (20.9%)
IL: 44% Republican, only 3 of 17 seats (17.6%)
NY: 43% Republican, only 7 of 26 seats (26.9%)
MD: 34% Republican, only 1 of 8 seats (12.5%)
NJ: 46% Republican, only 3 of 12 seats (25%)
OR: 41% Republican, only 1 of 6 seats (16.7%)

Why is it that if Republicans do redistricting, it's a threat to democracy. Yet, if Democrats do redistricting, it's democracy itself.
This post was edited on 5/7/26 at 4:31 pm
Posted by Evolved Simian
Bushwood Country Club
Member since Sep 2010
23264 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 6:43 pm to
quote:

Should they stop saying the "Democratic primaries" because that's all anyone ever says?


They should absolutely stop saying it. They rigged their 2016 and 2020 primaries to change the outcome, and then bypass a 2024 primary entirely.

It is quite literally the opposite of democratic.
Posted by Barstools
Atlanta
Member since Jan 2016
11833 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 7:24 pm to
I said the same thing recently. There is nothing democratic about the democrat party.
Posted by Zahrim
McCamey Texas
Member since Mar 2009
8149 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 8:00 pm to
quote:

New Mexico is a shame.

There are a lot of Republicans there.


Its all the fault of the libertarians
Posted by 2024GoTigas
Member since Mar 2024
378 posts
Posted on 5/7/26 at 8:52 pm to
quote:

New Mexico is a shame. There are a lot of Republicans there.


New Mexico will slowly shift more red over the next 5 years. It will in my opinion follow Nevadas path that took place toward that Red category
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