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The Republicans also redistricted in 2000 and in 2008 we had a Democratic President, and Democratic Congress. The Republicans also redistricted in 1990 and they lost the presidential election in 1992. The doom is gloom is being overplayed. Yes, it will help the Republicans. But of lot of this redistricting is going to land up in federal court. Especially in cases where it's obvious that gerrymandering is occurring.
Yup. It happens every 10 years right after the census. Been telling people all along that the governor races were the most important ones but Dems stayed silent on the issue because they thought they had governor races in the bag and if they won, they'd do the same thing. Now that the GOP gained the libs are whinging.
Why do you think Obama went to Ohio 12 times ?
"Overall, the Republicans picked up 11 governorships from the Democrats. The GOP also gained back the Florida governorship, which had ben lost when GOP Gov. Charlie Crist quit the GOP. By comparison, the Dems only picked up California, Hawaii, Vermont, and apparent victories in Connecticut and Minnesota. Republicans will control the redrawing of over 200 House districts, compared to only a few dozen for Democrats."
Having said that I would love to see redistricting moved to a blind system that makes use of both natural and urban boundaries.
Agreed.
And it's funny reading some of the posters here cheering this political strategy, when on some of the third party threads they complain about a system that isn't open to third parties. Part of the reason for the failure of third parties is the way the districts are drawn in a partisan manner.
Maxine Waters survived redistricting in 2000 and she will probably survive it in 2010. She's gong to hold that seat just as long as she wants to.
Um... she's going to get booted out of Congress after her trial for corruption in the next few months. Her seat may survive as a sure thing for the Dems but SHE won't be sitting in it.
Most gerrymandering that is done is racist. It is done to create seats for minorities at the disenfranchisement of the rest of the voters. Gerrymandering is wrong. Each district should be a four-sided figure like a square or rectangle or have at most one side adjacent to the edge of the state's border. With such a system in place gerrymandering would be nextto impossible.
Um... she's going to get booted out of Congress after her trial for corruption in the next few months. Her seat may survive as a sure thing for the Dems but SHE won't be sitting in it.
Most gerrymandering that is done is racist. It is done to create seats for minorities at the disenfranchisement of the rest of the voters. Gerrymandering is wrong. Each district should be a four-sided figure like a square or rectangle or have at most one side adjacent to the edge of the state's border. With such a system in place gerrymandering would be nextto impossible.
Racist...huh? Yea, white folks looked pretty disenfranchised in the last election. They are really getting screwed over!
The Republicans also redistricted in 2000 and in 2008 we had a Democratic President, and Democratic Congress. The Republicans also redistricted in 1990 and they lost the presidential election in 1992. The doom is gloom is being overplayed. Yes, it will help the Republicans. But of lot of this redistricting is going to land up in federal court. Especially in cases where it's obvious that gerrymandering is occurring.
Democrats controlled redistricting in 1990, and in the South that redistricting contributed to the region flipping to the Republicans in 1994, breaking over a century of Democratic domination.
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They are really getting screwed over!
