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New Mexico Dems ready to shut GOP out in redistricting (Original Post) RandySF Oct 2021 OP
looks good to me nt msongs Oct 2021 #1
I live in this state. Desert grandma Oct 2021 #2
+100 You betcha. abqtommy Oct 2021 #7
There oughta be a law against this sort of thing! Mister Ed Oct 2021 #3
exactly Demovictory9 Oct 2021 #5
+1 uponit7771 Oct 2021 #6
Yes, the days of appealing to their better nature has proven a waste of time. OnDoutside Oct 2021 #9
The problem is that they've got all the purple states gerrymandered for their benefit. Ace Rothstein Oct 2021 #11
Normally I'd say fair redistricting is best for democracy (and it IS!). summer_in_TX Oct 2021 #4
THIS . Plus at least these districts don't look like crazy blobs shaped like spirals with tails Tom Rinaldo Oct 2021 #8
Yeah, we can't afford to unilaterally disarm. This is a war for the survival of America. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #10

Desert grandma

(804 posts)
2. I live in this state.
Wed Oct 6, 2021, 12:16 AM
Oct 2021

So here's hoping this map will prevail. Our state government is reliably Democratic so we will see. Fingers crossed.

Mister Ed

(5,928 posts)
3. There oughta be a law against this sort of thing!
Wed Oct 6, 2021, 12:38 AM
Oct 2021

And I think the only way to get one is for Democrats to gerrymander the living hell out of everything they can, to counter Republican gerrymandering.

Ace Rothstein

(3,160 posts)
11. The problem is that they've got all the purple states gerrymandered for their benefit.
Wed Oct 6, 2021, 10:58 AM
Oct 2021

While we only get the blue states. If we could at least have a level playing field in the swing states, we'd be in much better shape.

summer_in_TX

(2,733 posts)
4. Normally I'd say fair redistricting is best for democracy (and it IS!).
Wed Oct 6, 2021, 12:50 AM
Oct 2021

But with several GOP states reserving the right to overturn their voters if they don't like the results, we need absolutely every vote in Congress we can get until we can secure the safety of our democracy.

But we need the John Lewis Act and the For the People Act passed.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,912 posts)
8. THIS . Plus at least these districts don't look like crazy blobs shaped like spirals with tails
Wed Oct 6, 2021, 08:08 AM
Oct 2021

that snake across an entire state with ridiculously narrow corridors, like the ones Republicans shamelessly usually draw up.

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