State Legislature Special Election Megathread v2

[Bandit3 the Worker]

https://twitter.com/politico_chris/status/1103093254428463104

Republican gerrymandering strikes again.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Lol can you draw a Dem district in this part of Kentucky?

It has Elliott County.

Look at how weird the current district looks on a map. It's like Steve Chabot drew it.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

hey, it wasn't THAT bad. I'd rank this is a net positive in the 2019 gov race.

If the candidates did nothing but rip farts at each other, it would be an improvement from the governor's race.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

We really do need to abolish gerrymandering.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I feel I must point this out, but the KY map isnt an R gerrymander, but a compromise/D favored map drawn during a split legislature with a D governor.

The KY Senate is 78% GOP. I guarantee you the statewide popular vote wasn't 78% GOP.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

The first elections with the new map led to a senate composed of 22Rs and 15Ds and 1 I, which means the Rs started off with 58% of the total seats.

The GOP didn't even get 58% of the popular vote. That just doesn't happen in Kentucky. The Democrats have a pretty high floor even when they don't win.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I really feel that this should be mentioned, but the loss was extremely likely due to the fact the longtime incumbent in the seat retired.

The incumbent was elected to the county's top office pretty handily. From what I've been told, the Democrats swept most of the county offices in that area in November. But in Floyd County, an independent won, and the Republican came in a very distant third.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

The Democrats can't grow until they start appealing to rural areas again. That means expanding healthcare, supporting labor unions, and expanding Social Security.