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Buckeye_Democrat

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15. Yep.

Reply to rampartc (Reply #11)

Tue Jul 6, 2021, 11:12 AM

Jul 2021

It's not just the majority black areas, but the effort to isolate more liberal voters in general. Some of the districts in Ohio look bizarre, more like parts of complex patterns called fractals, for the sake of increasing overall GOP reps.

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Republicans weigh 'cracking' cities to doom Democrats [View all] In It to Win It Jul 2021 OP

They cracked Austin with some of the most obviously obvious gerrymandering. marble falls Jul 2021 #1

Gerrymandering becomes fragile when taken to extremes like that. lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #2

Undone by their own rapacious greed. tanyev Jul 2021 #3

This has stood for 20 years. This was the first Gingrich, DeLay experiment at boosting the value ... marble falls Jul 2021 #4

Wish this was the case but its not, Austin crack had put TX in a bad way uponit7771 Jul 2021 #10

It certainly isn't true in every case, but statistically, it becomes fragile in many locations. lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #13

Maybe Democrats should do some cracking of their own USAFRetired_Liberal Jul 2021 #5

I think California has an independent commission so Cali's out In It to Win It Jul 2021 #8

IL Dems are drawing the maps. I doubt it will be extreme...but PortTack Jul 2021 #9

Maryland is far from perfect. jimfields33 Jul 2021 #16

Damn GOP crackers! Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author tenderfoot Jul 2021 #7

the point of gerrymandering is to draw the "black majority" districts rampartc Jul 2021 #11

I've always wondered wryter2000 Jul 2021 #14

Yep. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #15

my district is orleans parish and east baton rouge rampartc Jul 2021 #19

Congress and state legislature control lies firmly with the GOP's grasp andym Jul 2021 #12

Sometimes I swear we ought to call their bluffs and move en masse to one of their solid GOP Vinca Jul 2021 #17

The GOP will try to use partisan gerrymandering and we will fight these attempts LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #18