No state pisses me off more than my own state of VA this cycle. If Dems had any cajones and didn't cede redistricting to a commission they could have done real damage here.
At minimum an 8-3 split with 8 very safe incumbents. Doing so might have made all the difference in 2022.
No. It was simply the right thing to do regardless. Of course, they should put initiatives on the ballot in all of the remaining Republican gerrymandered states that allow it (notably FL, OK, AR, and MO) and and failing that, try to elect pro-reform judges to state supreme courts that are chosen in statewide elections (notably TX and GA).
I do wish the commission didn't have politicians on it. The pure private citizen-based commissions seem to do a better job. This one is a hybrid structure, so at least it's better than NJ.
No. It's not. That's terrible thinking. It's absurd for one party to enact commissions in safe states and the other party gerrymander. That makes for one party rule and if anything then they'll end up passing some crap at the federal level that undermines these commissions.
Have you seen the GOP maps this cycle lol
