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UncleNoel

(864 posts)
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 09:31 AM Nov 2020

2020 Dems fared poorly down ballot, but we're winning the fight for fair elections

Good news. There has been some talk of our loosing out on redistricting for a decade, nut in fact hard work has paid off. We can do better, however, and we will!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/2020-democrats-fared-poorly-down-120049410.html

Jessica Post, Opinion contributor
USA TODAY Opinion

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There’s no doubt that down-ballot Democrats generally fared poorly in 2020, but in the context of redistricting, the impact of 2020 doesn’t erase Democratic progress made over the last decade.
Enough wins to influence redistricting

Democrats will have profoundly greater influence over redistricting heading into this decade than we did the last, and voters in many states will be drawn into fair, non-gerrymandered districts for the first time in a generation.


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2020 Dems fared poorly down ballot, but we're winning the fight for fair elections (Original Post) UncleNoel Nov 2020 OP
The head of the DLCC is trying to put a nice face on it FBaggins Nov 2020 #1

FBaggins

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1. The head of the DLCC is trying to put a nice face on it
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 11:57 AM
Nov 2020

But it wasn't a case of "we did well, just not as well as we thought we would".

It's a case of "we got creamed, but a couple of earlier victories kept it from being as large of a disaster as 2010."



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