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In reply to the discussion: Justices rule 5-4 that independent panels can draw election district lines [View all]calimary
(80,522 posts)38. There's also this: ADVANTAGE 2020 - that the Dems FINALLY woke up and decided to put together.
http://dlcc.org/news/dlcc-launches-advantage-2020-key-success-next-round-redistricting-70-million-plus-effort
They're FINALLY focusing on where the root of the problem is. You have to dig down as you would in a garden, and pull the weeds out by the roots. So what we need to do in this case is to MAKE SURE that we take back as many state legislatures and governors' mansions as possible by the year 2020. Work up to it in 2016 and 2018 but the target is 2020 - by which date, hopefully, our side will have notched some very beneficial victories.
The decade mark - the "Zero Year" - 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020, 2030, etc - THAT IS WHEN THE CENSUS IS TAKEN. Every ten years. And when the census is taken, what do they do with it? Besides all the studies of the changing demographics, the census determines Congressional representation. Where the population has moved. Where there are more people and where there's more representation needed. Where the populations in some districts are shrinking, and therefore Congressional representation will follow accordingly, and where the population is growing, necessitating changes in the Congressional districts to respond accordingly. Now, if partisans in the legislature want to make sure to put their collective thumb on the scale, every ten years, there is redistricting, to respond and adjust to what the census just determined about population changes. The bad guys, who always want to get around the rules and try to rig the game to slam dunk a victory for their side, will use this opportunity to redraw the districts to make sure the voting results from those districts will slant securely toward them.
So we have to fight this TWO WAYS. Take back the turf of those who will decide the redistricting, AND make sure that there are independent commissions on this - THAT ARE REALLY, TRULY, HONESTLY, and GENUINELY INDEPENDENT.
They're FINALLY focusing on where the root of the problem is. You have to dig down as you would in a garden, and pull the weeds out by the roots. So what we need to do in this case is to MAKE SURE that we take back as many state legislatures and governors' mansions as possible by the year 2020. Work up to it in 2016 and 2018 but the target is 2020 - by which date, hopefully, our side will have notched some very beneficial victories.
The decade mark - the "Zero Year" - 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020, 2030, etc - THAT IS WHEN THE CENSUS IS TAKEN. Every ten years. And when the census is taken, what do they do with it? Besides all the studies of the changing demographics, the census determines Congressional representation. Where the population has moved. Where there are more people and where there's more representation needed. Where the populations in some districts are shrinking, and therefore Congressional representation will follow accordingly, and where the population is growing, necessitating changes in the Congressional districts to respond accordingly. Now, if partisans in the legislature want to make sure to put their collective thumb on the scale, every ten years, there is redistricting, to respond and adjust to what the census just determined about population changes. The bad guys, who always want to get around the rules and try to rig the game to slam dunk a victory for their side, will use this opportunity to redraw the districts to make sure the voting results from those districts will slant securely toward them.
So we have to fight this TWO WAYS. Take back the turf of those who will decide the redistricting, AND make sure that there are independent commissions on this - THAT ARE REALLY, TRULY, HONESTLY, and GENUINELY INDEPENDENT.
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Justices rule 5-4 that independent panels can draw election district lines [View all]
Eugene
Jun 2015
OP
I'm not so sure. Sounds good but who decides who are on the "independent panels"?
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#50
"Face it, its going to be Hillary" is why Sanders supporters react they way they do.
Dawgs
Jun 2015
#35
"Of all the recent SCOTUS decisions, Arizona has the biggest potential to make America a functioning
Cha
Jun 2015
#10
This ONE HUGE victory makes the disappointment of the other two rulings today much much better.
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#13
My sentiments. You can't win them all but after last week - I'll take it (nt)
question everything
Jun 2015
#18
There's also this: ADVANTAGE 2020 - that the Dems FINALLY woke up and decided to put together.
calimary
Jun 2015
#38
OMG...this one graphic illustrates too clearly the result and evil of re-districting by legislatures...dare the media show it?
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#25
The West looks fine. Anything near an urban area, with Democrats, and you can literally see the odious redrawing of boundaries.
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#46
And Pittsburgh is in that "Allegheny County" district (PA 14 in Western PA)
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2015
#47
This is what brought California back from Republican domination. Republicans liked it until
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2015
#30