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LostInOhio
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« on: June 30, 2022, 12:35:19 PM »
« edited: June 30, 2022, 12:49:47 PM by LostInOhio »

In the immediate aspect of this case Democrats actually have a lot more to gain since they have so many more large states that vote heavily in their favor.  States like California, New York, New Jersey, and Maryland all would be empowered to draw extreme D gerrymanders without any oversight.  

Republicans are limited because all their large states vote more 50/50 like Georgia, Florida, Texas, and Arizona.   There's only so much gerrymandering they can do when the votes simply aren't all there.

Will Democrats be willing to aggressively gerrymander though? Or will they yet again chicken out in the name of "bipartisanship"?

Oh you had better believe they would do that. They’ll likely be able to maneuver themselves into eternal control of the House in this instance. The GOP is taking a fly swatter to a hornet’s nest with this one.

If (when?) Texas’s legislature flips they will be beyond screwed
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LostInOhio
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« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2022, 04:18:26 PM »
« Edited: June 30, 2022, 04:23:02 PM by LostInOhio »

I am honestly more concerned the GOP could gain so much control over state legislatures that they could eventually convene a Constitutional Convention, where they rewrite the 1st Amendment to state that the US is a Christian nation or something like that.

This could lead to a supermajority control of at least 30 state legislatures. They’d need 34 to meet the requirements for a Constitutional Convention
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