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In reply to the discussion: House Votes To End DEA Raids On Legal Medical Marijuana Operations [View all]Uncle Joe
(58,355 posts)40. I wonder if Wasserman Schultz and Wilson are in heavily gerrymandered districts and the idea of
voting yes on this issue intimidated them?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014815486#post10
Fred Sanders (970 posts)
10. The same expert testified the gerrymandering created a 8% point advantage to Republicans.
He testified that an equal split if the state vote would result in 58%! of the legislature would be Republican...the evidence discloses intent to create disadvantage standing on its own.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/05/28/3442100/redistricting-expert-floridas-gerrymandered-maps-give-an-8-point-advantage-to-republicans/
"The maps had been put in place for the 2012 election, which saw Republicans keep control of the House though candidates received 1.4 million fewer votes overall than their Democratic counterparts."
"In 2012, Democratic House candidates won over 1.3 million more votes than Republicans. And, yet, Republicans control the House thanks, in part, to gerrymandering that extended well beyond Florida.
(Not is pure why the quoted posted has a numbers discrepancy)
In this case, they did a really good job of following the recipe about how to do a partisan gerrymander, California Institute of Technology statistics professor Jonathan Katz said Tuesday.
He found that even if there were equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats who turned out to vote, Republicans would win 58 percent of seats.
The boundary issues were the most apparent in the states most pivotal districts, he said, adding that the maps were the most lopsided he had ever examined.
Hours later, Stanford political scientist Jonathan Rodden, who was also paid to analyze the maps for the trial, said it was virtually impossible that the maps were crafted with the intent of creating equally competitive districts.
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This was a bipartisan effort -- one of the cosponsors was GOP. They like that weed, too. nt
MADem
May 2014
#5
Rand makes statements that sound like he's for legalization when the audience supports it. It's
okaawhatever
May 2014
#46
It's coming in 2016. The big boys with the money will do an initiative then.
Comrade Grumpy
May 2014
#54
Only a handful of Dems voted against it, including Debbie Wasserman Schulz. WTF?
Comrade Grumpy
May 2014
#31
I wonder if Wasserman Schultz and Wilson are in heavily gerrymandered districts and the idea of
Uncle Joe
May 2014
#40
Was Debbie voting against the larger bill? Sometimes that happens with amendments. nt
okaawhatever
May 2014
#47