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Question: Which of the following chambers in these southern states will Democrats most likely take in the next election in 2020?
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North Carolina House
 
#2
North Carolina Senate
 
#3
Florida House
 
#4
Florida Senate
 
#5
Georgia House
 
#6
Georgia Senate
 
#7
Texas House
 
#8
Texas Senate
 
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lfromnj
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« on: March 12, 2019, 07:31:12 AM »

Either NC house/senate with redistricting or the one where a democrat won a majority of districts in 2018 while losing the state.
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lfromnj
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« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2019, 12:23:13 AM »

I really wish we could overturn Reynold v Simms and restore state senates to their original intents.

Yeah, we know you hate representative democracy.
No, I just believe stare legislatures should be drawn like the federal congress.  State House is by population, State Senate gives each county 1 senator.  Like how the US Senate gives 2 senators per state.  This system would prevent rural or urban interests from dominating.

Are you kidding? With this kind of systems the rural interests will always dominate.
Not to mention that bicameralism is a sh**tty system in general.
Incorrect, rural interests would only control one house.  The lower house would be population based.  If you are still confused, see the US House and Senate.

Why do rural areas/states, where far far less people live, deserve to have equal representation to urban areas?
Because they have unique interests but due to lower populations have far less say.  This is the principle behind the great compromise.  You should've learned about it in 8th grade, but if not I'll explain.  Big states had bigger populations and wanted population based representation so they'd get more say.  Meanwhile, small states wanted equal representation because they would have no say if it was soley population based.  So, a compromise was made, one house would be population based and the other would have equal representation.  This ensured neither big OR small states would dominate.  The same was applied to state legislatures for most of history.  One house was population, the other equality for each county.  If we have this, both sides have say and won't dominate the process. 

Yes, I understand why it was done, but I'm asking why do rural areas deserve it? What properties do they have that entitles them to extra representation? Black and white people also have different concerns, but we don't give black people extra representation. Conservatives and liberals, men and women, we can divide the country in many different ways. Why population density?
Some states do in Academia.
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lfromnj
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« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2020, 09:02:45 AM »

Texas House, 100%.

The gerrymander seems to be on the verge of absolute collapse after a string of favorable polls for TX Democrats

Hopefully that means a US Congressional seat redistricting is coming soon, so we can finally be rid of the Pirate and his ridiculous district.

A narrow Texas D majority might involve some Bribing, especially due to declining black influence in Houston.
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