Comment on Will the Democrats gerrymander every state they have control over?
NoLemurs@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No one should gerrymander.
I think there would be a lot of support for passing laws requiring specific non-partisan or bi-partisan redistricting though. There are a bunch of states with systems in place like independent commissions that can prevent the worst abuses. I think preventing the worst abuses can only really help the Democrats.
Now, what we could and should ask for is for every democractic legislature to pass the National Popular Vote Interstate. I’m pretty sure we have enough states now to make this happen.
No one should gerrymander.
Republicans gerry meandering is literally why we have such a huge House majority tho…
The way it works is you try to sink all your opponents in one district, and keep a thin margin everywhere else. I said at the time it would backfire, and it did.
Indiana was one of the few states “that stopped it”, but the thing is if it wasn’t stopped Republicans would have won a single seat in fucking Indiana.
DomeGuy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yes. Dem-conteoled states should pass National popular vote. And then they should gerrymander to the most extreme maps they can.
The Dems in Congress can draft a federal law banning gerrymandering nationwide, and the Republicans can either join in or die as a party.