Tell me you don’t understand gerrymandering without saying “I don’t understand gerrymandering.”
Demographics have favored Democrats for a decade now. But 4 million more votes in 2020 only gave them a 5-seat congressional majority based on the old gerrymandered maps.
Strap in.
Demographics have favored Democrats for a decade now. But 4 million more votes in 2020 only gave them a 5-seat congressional majority based on the old gerrymandered maps.
Strap in.
https://twitter.com/what46hasdone/status/1426203810591039488
PA was gerrymandered in 2011. The following year, Democrats won 51% of the vote statewide. That translated to 5/18 congressional seats.
That map was eventually struck down by a court, which allowed Democrats to win back the House in 2018.
But now it happens again.
That map was eventually struck down by a court, which allowed Democrats to win back the House in 2018.
But now it happens again.
There is no out-organizing a gerrymander. Democrats had to enact legislation in the 8 months before the census data was released and the map-drawing began.
But they didn’t. Biden clung to the filibuster as voting rights advocates begged him to join their fight.
It’s over.
But they didn’t. Biden clung to the filibuster as voting rights advocates begged him to join their fight.
It’s over.
The worst damage is going to be at the state level. Democrats have been completely unable to break the GOP hold on statehouses for a decade. It’s stymied progress for a decade. Now, it’s gonna happen again. Another decade gone.
Liberals have spent years betting on demographics to deliver the country from Republicans. In that time, the GOP organized and won.
Gerrymandering renders demographic shifts moot.
Democrats needed to ban the practice in the 8 months they had.
Gerrymandering renders demographic shifts moot.
Democrats needed to ban the practice in the 8 months they had.
It’s technically possible for them to pass reform when they come back. But it’s much less likely that it will apply to this round of gerrymandering.
In other words, we’ve lost majoritarian democracy for a decade thanks to Democratic inaction.
In other words, we’ve lost majoritarian democracy for a decade thanks to Democratic inaction.
This whole thing would be easier to stomach had Biden thrown his weight behind eliminating the filibuster and Sen. Manchin and Sinema actually faced consequences for their open defiance.
And it maybe it would help if liberals were willing to demand more from those they elect.
And it maybe it would help if liberals were willing to demand more from those they elect.
In any case, if you want a breakdown of how much trouble we’re in, I wrote about it.
For this piece, I interviewed Michael Li of the Brennan Center and David Daley, who wrote the book on gerrymandering “Ratfucked.”
dailyposter.com/the-coming-red…
For this piece, I interviewed Michael Li of the Brennan Center and David Daley, who wrote the book on gerrymandering “Ratfucked.”
dailyposter.com/the-coming-red…
It'd be great if the liberal response wasn't, "Stop attacking Dems!"
The country is about to lose majoritarian rule for a decade. The minority party that will be in control of Congress and the states doesn't believe in climate change.
The window to stop it is rapidly closing.
The country is about to lose majoritarian rule for a decade. The minority party that will be in control of Congress and the states doesn't believe in climate change.
The window to stop it is rapidly closing.
Now is the time to bang on doors, fill up answering machines, demonstrate in the streets, and demand more from the people who have the power to do something about it.
There's no telling when the maps will be completed in each state. Congress and the Senate shouldn't be on recess
There's no telling when the maps will be completed in each state. Congress and the Senate shouldn't be on recess
I mean, that time was also any time in the last 8 months before the census data was released to the states...
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