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In Monday’s House Redistricting Committee meeting, Rep. Destin Hall (R), who chairs the committee, admitted what is abundantly and objectively clear: “Our overarching goal in the creation of this House plan was to create Republican-leaning districts where possible while… following traditional redistricting principles.”
Bruh you aren’t supposed to admit to gerrymandering out loud. Enjoy being cited in the lawsuits, dipshit
Actually gerrymandering is legal if it’s exclusively partisan. They get into trouble when they racially gerrymander
legal but still wrong
To the surprise of no one. As soon as they passed those laws over the summer--including the one that explicitly gives each state politician full control to destroy any governmental records that are inconvenient for them--this was inevitable. North Carolina is yet another state that lost its democracy over the last few years. And what will that state's voters do? Most likely nothing.
I’m in NC and one of my (voting age) coworkers heard me ranting about how republicans keep fucking everything up with evil, unamerican legislation at all levels of government and she was so surprised to hear something bad about republicans instead of democrats that she said:
“Wait, which one is which? I think democrats were.. the ones I don’t like..
What’s the difference?”
As fucking made up as this sounds I swear to god this is as close to verbatim as I can recall. The conversation started with the plastic bag ban in the outer banks that fucking supermajority cuntpublicans overturned— and how everyday republicans consistently vote to destroy the planet, only to benefit some rich cunts and the profit margins of big companies that they have zero vested interest in. It’s unreal how fucking stupid these people are.
I worked with a woman that unironically declared "I'm voting red because red is the color of Canada".
So is white.
* stares in First Nations *
Hey are you in MB by any chance?
Milton Bradley?
Yeah
And what will that state’s voters do? Most likely nothing.
What can they do? This process does not involve the average voter.
It's weird how the cons do nothing to try to actually appeal to (normal) voters for their platform, but instead just engage in trying to rig things in their favor.
If any of you follow Jeff Jackson for his razor sharp explanation of what's going on in the House, this act will be solely responsible for removing him from the House.
I hope he runs for senate next time a seat comes up.
He just announced he'll be running for NC state AG, which is a great way to go for now.
I started following him on reddit during covid. He provided clear explanations of what was happening behind the scenes. Still does with Congress. Love that guy.
I can't be the only one confused looking at NC vs LA and GA. SCOTUS told Louisiana to comply with their order and just slapped down Georgia. The specific context and history behind the maps for North Carolina mean it hasn't had the exact same scrutiny.
But by the exact same principle -- partisan gerrymandering is diluting the black population in each district. This seems just a lawsuit away from going the same way as Louisiana and Georgia, but that doesn't seem to be the narrative here. I'm clearly missing something, what is it?
The Supreme Court has ruled that partisan gerrymandering is legal (which is a fucking disgrace), so it's only illegal if they can show the gerrymandering is specifically racial in nature. I imagine that makes proving illegal gerrymandering a hell of a lot harder.
At the same time, you can show the changes in population in a district, and do a mathematic comparison of how much say they previously had vs now.
But that is still harder, yeah.
Gerrymandering starts with a legitimate action but takes it way too apparently. At what point is it illegal? Those other cases focus on racism: youre not giving people a voice because of the color of their skin. However this case focuses on politics. There is no innate protection based on people’s partisan affiliation
In democracy, voters pick the politicians. In the USA, politicians pick the voters
Partisan gerrymandering only works if people consistently vote for the same party regardless of the candidates. It also helps gerrymandering work easily is that we only have two parties.
Honestly, as Republicans continue to do shadier and shadier shit, the easier it becomes for me to justify my vote for the other side.
They are alienating themselves, as it becomes "the hardcore (crazy) Right vs everyone else".
People do. Only a small minority of people actually use research and critical thinking in each election. And frankly, they're probably not voting Republican now anyway.
At this point someone claiming "Republican" as their party affiliation is, in itself, way more than enough reason for me to vote for their most credible opponent.
cooolllll....