Something tells me that Virginia Republicans

[Recursion]

Are about to suddenly see the wisdom of an independent redistricting commission this next time around, unless Rob Wittman wants to suddenly see his district bizarrely stretching to include large parts of Fairfax County.

Virginia, you look really good in all-blue.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. When you think you can control people by gerrymandering.

You get the ultimate results you deserve. Losing and losing more in 2020.

[Recursion]

2. 10 years is too long for a gerrymander to hold with modern movement patterns

It's looking like the GOP actually got more votes yesterday than we did in VA. Some of that is an artifact from having a lot of uncontested democrats (gerrymandering also makes the other side's safe seats really safe), but some of that is just that a lot of people have moved across those lines in the intervening decade.

[Hortensis]

3. Poor down-sided Repubs. They were doing appallingly well for 10 years.

Just so glad this happened in time for the census and redistricting. More!

Wonder what effect today's Californians migrating to other areas might be having. A huge proportion want to be able to afford today's 4/5-bedroom version of the American dream, but of course reportedly a lot of them are more of the national ideological sifting out, in this case conservatives moving to conservative communities.

My husband was just chatting with an old friend in Reno, NV, where population is exploding. Pink-purp Reno went blue-wave in 2018 and he thinks it'll stick.

[lagomorph777]

4. SCROTUS has legalized Gerrymandering. Guess what?

It works both ways, Russiapublicans. You're fucked now.

[Nitram]

5. If they do, it won' help them win elections. We all want a non-political districting map