does prop 50 level the field again?

[Stinky The Clown]

after Texas and elsewhere changed the landscape, are we closer to fair again?

[spooky3]

1. I don't think it does. That's why other states with Dem leadership

Are also considering redistricting. VA is one step closer.

[gab13by13]

2. It just counters Texas,

Magats are planning to gerrymander 9 states, Democrats, so far maybe 2.

[Trueblue1968]

4. I wish california woulddo morelike 9 seats instead of 5

[tritsofme]

8. There are only 9 Republicans in the current California delegation.

They don’t want to get too aggressive and end up with a dummy-mander, it sounds like they are striking the right balance.

[newdeal2]

3. I view it all as a wash

More Republican and Democratic states are moving towards redistricting. SCOTUS may blow up everything with one of their upcoming rulings.

Hopefully today’s momentum continues and it doesn’t matter either way. We need a blue tsunami in 2026 to start to put an end to this nightmare.

[yaesu]

5. It's a start, other blue states must follow. nt

[haele]

6. Depends...

Gerrymandering to turn a blue or purple district red means that the Red State needs to dilute red districts; deep red districts go mostly red, mostly red districts go purple red, to turn purple blue districts purple red
It can actually dilute the primarily red districts, which can be really risky if the public in general is unhappy with the Republican policies.
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Most Red states are already gerrymandered to the maximum Republican benefit; trying to turn just one blue district could result in two or three blue districts if they take the potential voters of the surrounding districts for granted based on previous elections.

[Hekate]

7. #1 It's a start. #2 It sends a powerful message across the whole country. I think it was heard coast to coast...

…and in the noncontiguous states as well.

I feel cheered up in California.

[In It to Win It]

9. No.

California counters Texas, and that's it. It's a start.

Republicans have passed new maps in Ohio, North Carolina, and Missouri. That is in addition to Texas. All of those are projected to give Republicans up to 9 additional seats. California is projected to give Dems an additional 5 seats.

Virginia is the only other Democratic-controlled state that has acted on redistricting. Moving to the next step required Dems to keep control of House of Delegates to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to give them the power to redistrict. Tonight's election win in Virginia means we could move to that next step. Virginia's effort has more moving parts and potential points of failure but so far we've cleared every potential hurdle.

There have been discussion from other blue states but they have started any redistricting efforts yet. Only California and Virginia have. Right now, the plan for New York is to drag them into redistricting with a lawsuit challenging their current map.

[MichMan]

10. Blue states just need to pass laws making the GOP ineligible to be placed on ballots