steinbringDemocrats’ Proposed Legislative Maps Tilt in Favor of Republicans
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rockSlayerWell, the point wasn’t to gerrymander the state in the favor of democrats, it was to make the election map fair. If a fair map means a tilt towards Republican control, that’s ok
And Republicans have their seats because of the gerrymandered maps. After a general election the map will even out due to representation.
The point is that it’s not fair, it’s still biased towards republicans.
Fair doesn’t mean a coin toss between who wins. It means that districts represent actual demographics.
I’m making no assertion about these maps in particular but just generally that forcing a 50:50 split doesn’t make something fair if the split isn’t there in reality.
Of course fair doesn’t mean forcing a 50:50 split. Why would you think I thought that? Where in the world is there an election that does this?
The point is that these maps lean republican rather than representing actual demographics. That is what I mean when I write that they are biased.
If demographics and geography favor Republicans, then that’s how the cookie crumbles.
This seems like the best scenario for any state to be in. If a party allows for the redistricting to favor the other party, then you know it’s fair.
Yes, lets reward cheating with more power.
The theory is that reality has a liberal bias, if they just provide fair maps things will begin to balance out properly, also just because the other guys are cheating doesn’t make cheating the answer, didn’t yo momma ever teach you two wrongs don’t make a right?
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BobFor the love of God we need multi winner districts and/or proportional representation so redistricting won’t matter.