Another Democrat wins on Reproductive Rights and flips AL House Seat

[Smash255]

Originally Posted by jas75

Thanks for the information. Huntsville has an unusual situation with its fast growth bringing in new voters who are, as a whole, less rigidly partisan than much of the electorate in Alabama. Even gerrymanders that are set up to lock in an advantage for the majority party can end up with "leaks" in a few places. The majority likely figures that they can afford to lose a few swing districts in a chamber with over 100 seats.

Some examples of those leaks are GA-06 and GA-07 prior to the last round of redistricting. Those districts were drawn in the early 2010's as safe GOP seats, but by the time the end of the decade hit the Atlanta suburbs swung so much the GOP lost them both. Same with a bunch of suburban Texas seats that were drawn as safe GOP seats in the early 2010's that were anything but by the end of the decade (which is why the GOP in Texas focused more on making their own seats safer than going after Dem seats in the last round of redistricting)


When it comes down to it Madison County while still Republican leaning overall is certainly trending Democratic, and there is only so much you can gerrymander without potentially endangering other seats. The Democrats picking up this seat doesn't change much on Alabama itself, but does go towards the issues Republicans had in those better educated suburban areas, which trended heavily away from Trump

[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by AnywhereElse

So the right to end the life of their babies is the most critical issue to Dems, and things like the economy and the open border aren't important.

Also, women's healthcare doesn't include cutting apart or suctioning out a pre-born baby from the womb and throwing it in the trash, or selling it to a lab. This is not rocket science, but then, if someone cannot successfully use birth control, I can see how this will go over their head, and obviously they flunked biology in high school, as it was always taught that life begins when sperm meets the egg. Geesh, who are these people who are so uninformed?

The election will not be decided on whether a woman can have her baby cut apart or suctioned out and thrown in the trash or sold to a lab! I would hate to be on the other end of that "karma"!

Fetuses, not babies.

[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by Camaro5

Don't dance around it. This is about ABORTION. Go ahead say it.

Roe was overturned because it's a state's rights issue. NOT federal, as it's been explained to you liberals 1,000 times. Nobody took away your right to kill your fetus.

At the federal level, ABORTION is way down on the list of important things to voters in this election.

Wrong.

Roe was overturned because it was a faulty case to 'hang' the issue on.

The Dobbs decision doesn't prevent federal legislation that would do away with the state restrictions from eventually being enacted.

[mrpeatie]

Originally Posted by jas75

Ironically Alabama will have a relatively more "fair" 5 R/2 D leaning congressional map in upcoming elections, since the state was required to create a second district where Black voters would have sufficient numbers to likely choose a representative. The state's 1st and 2nd districts (on the opposite side of the state from the House race in this thread) have been completely reconfigured following a Supreme Court ruling.

I believe you're referring to South Carolina which still has a very strong congressional gerrymander. But at the rate the state is growing, it will become increasingly difficult to pack liberal voters in Charleston, Columbia and the rural "Black Belt" counties into just one district indefinitely.

They will basically start in the center of Columbia and draw spokes out from there... Nancy Maces district literally uses the battery in downtown Charleston to connect the north and south portions. And by Battery I mean the Charleston battery which is a retaining wall/sidewalk condo and a strip that is exactly one block of homes deep across the Southern tip of the city. Look for the Rock Hill/Charlotte suburbs to get a similar treatment in 2030.