Opinion: Democrats are gerrymandering ruthlessly. Good for them.

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I live in a heavily gerrymandered congressional district. IN 2020 my district was TFG +1% and now it is TFG +22%. No decent candidate is running for the Democratic nomination in my district this cycle due to the gerrymander. Partisan gerrymandering is legal now. The Freedom to Vote Act would have outlawed Partisan gerrymandering but since that act is dead, I am glad that the blue state Democrats are fighting fire with fire.

I would strongly prefer that all partisan gerrymandering was illegal but since this is not the case, I am pleased that blue states are fighting back and are using partisan gerrymandering to good effect

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But there is some hope, at least at the congressional level. And the vehicle to end the scourge of gerrymandering? It’s gerrymandering itself.

It’s something of a long shot, at least for now. But let’s consider the news from New York, where Democrats who control the state look like they’re about to secure a few more vital House seats.

How did they do it? With a ruthlessness Democratic voters often accuse their party of lacking. The state’s current House delegation contains 27 seats, divided 19 to 8 in favor of Democrats. The state will lose one seat after the 2020 Census, and in a new map released by Democrats in the legislature on Sunday, the divide could wind up being 22 to 4 in Democrats’ favor.....

You can call them hypocrites (which Republicans do), but the truth is that right now we have two parties that practice gerrymandering, but only one that is willing, even eager, to get rid of it if they have the chance. And if gerrymandering is the tool they use to make that day possible — and to stay competitive in the meantime — it’s hard to blame them.

I am glad that the NY Democrats are fighting back.

[Bettie]

1. That's where my opinion sits too

Democrats were willing to make it illegal.

However, since it is currently legal and heavily used by the Right Wing, we need to do it as well.

Is it distasteful? Yes, but honestly, what choice do we have. Gerrymander just as hard as they do and when they whine, rub their faces in it.

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2. The Texas GOP so heavily gerrymandered Texas in 2010 that they had to focus on protecting seats

Many of the latest Texas gerrymanders are designed to protect existing seats.

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3. Democrats are on track to net 2-3 seats from new maps vs. old ones.*

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4. me too