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Roland99

(53,342 posts) Tue Nov 8, 2022, 09:12 PM Nov 2022

The KEY to winning Congressional and State Rep elections?

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The KEY to winning Congressional and State Rep elections?

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Gerrymandered districts have cost Dems numerous seats each year because a majority of states are run by republican legislatures

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The KEY to winning Congressional and State Rep elections? (Original Post) Roland99 Nov 2022 OP

Those who draw the districts -- we didn't do enough the year of the census. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #1

The Problem Is Aepps22 Nov 2022 #2

Hermit-The-Prog

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1. Those who draw the districts -- we didn't do enough the year of the census.

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Tue Nov 8, 2022, 09:29 PM

Nov 2022

Aepps22

(166 posts)

2. The Problem Is

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Tue Nov 8, 2022, 09:32 PM

Nov 2022

The Problem is that even in states where we control we get suckered into the "non partisan" mapping committees because we hate gerrymandering so much. We got scammed in Colorado on that very point. We should frame it as if we don't push our advantage in our states then the other side will get more representation in their states.

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