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AJT

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1. This isn't just 2018 it's in perpetuity. Gerrymandering via modern technology is forever.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Fri Oct 20, 2017, 10:11 PM

Oct 2017

They will have the 2020 cenus to hone districting even more. Here in Wisconsin the districts are so set that it would take a swing of 20% from one party to the other to change the outcome of a district. Dems. may get the presidency and some senate seats but the house is set up to stay republican. With voter suppression that may take care of the presidency and some senate seats.

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Extreme Redistricting Sets the Stage for a Huge Republican Stranglehold Victory in the House in 201 [View all] riversedge Oct 2017 OP

This isn't just 2018 it's in perpetuity. Gerrymandering via modern technology is forever. AJT Oct 2017 #1

That Russ Feingold lost to Johnson does not signal a very Rosey picture of where still_one Oct 2017 #4

I don't have any illusions about 2018, and the reality that the country will be changed still_one Oct 2017 #2

That ought to tell you something about the label "Progressive" and the message.I still say Democrats coolsandy Oct 2017 #3

While you make an excellent point, I suspect suspect that 2016 was a watershed still_one Oct 2017 #7

Of course it does, and I've been saying so for months (along with many others) Orrex Oct 2017 #5

I tell you, I am not at all optimistic about 2018 or 2020. Initech Oct 2017 #6