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5. Not really. The dumbmander will bite their asses.

Fri Aug 19, 2016, 08:11 AM

Aug 2016

To gerrymander the way the Republicans did it, with narrow margins optimizing the number of districts they could gerrymander, placed them at high risk in wave elections while placing no risk on the incumbent Dem candidates

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/04/30/1521826/-45-districts-to-flip-in-a-Democratic-wave-election illustrates this.

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This will backfire into the Republicans losing the House. Coyotl Aug 2016 #1

I wish that were true, but that is a very, very steep hill. cali Aug 2016 #3

Not really. The dumbmander will bite their asses. Coyotl Aug 2016 #5

yes, really. Even without the gerrymandering, it would be. cali Aug 2016 #6

How many more millions will these fucks waste? liberal N proud Aug 2016 #2

As much as they can. cali Aug 2016 #4