GOP getting ready for another round of gerrymandering

[Va Lefty]

"The GOP has launched its first ever national group focused exclusively on how congressional and state legislative maps are drawn, with an eye on the next round of redistricting, which will follow the 2020 Census. And they have help from deep-pocketed, state-based super PACs devoted to holding onto their gains."

"The group will work closely with the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC), which masterminded REDMAP. In 2015, it launched REDMAP 2020, which aims to repeat the GOP’s success last time at winning statehouses and governorships in key redistricting battlegrounds."

“Republicans are really sitting pretty,” said Daley, now the communications director for the anti-gerrymandering group Fair Vote. “A blue wave really is going to have to be a blue tsunami in these states. And it’s going to take two of them. It’s not going to be enough for Democrats to have a blue wave in 2018; they’re going to need to replicate it in 2020.”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/gop-prepares-gerrymander-midterms-2020-elections

Article goes on to say our best hope for fair maps lie in the courts.

[dchill]

1. One-party rule...

"... its hour come round at last
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born."

[Le Gaucher]

2. Those bastids are like mad dogs.. never f***in give in democratic forces.

[CrispyQ]

3. The dems were really asleep at the wheel to let this happen.

I'm still flummoxed that we lost almost 1,000 state seats & governorships during the Obama administration.

[njhoneybadger]

4. The Rethugs are a ravenous pack of wild dogs.

Democrats are a group of house cats that all do their own thing.