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Ongoing US GOP Debacle Thread: Seditious Republicans march toward authoritarianism

 
bym051d said:
Just use the political solution and vote your way out!
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What's really amazing about that chart is that in Wisconsin and Ohio, the Democrats could win 60%-plus of the statewide popular vote and still not win even a slim majority in the legislature. Given that neither party is likely win either state by ten, much less twenty, percentage points in the legislative races anytime soon, that means the GOP has a more or less permanent majority in the legislature of both states - there is no realistic way to vote them out without an insane popular vote majority for Democrats. Which, of course, is what the whole Supreme Court case was about. And things aren't much better here in NC, although we at least do have a Democratic-majority state supreme court to make a ruling. Whether the NC state legislature will accept their decision is another matter. The GOP in Wisconsin and Ohio hasn't just gerrymandered the state in their favor, they've virtually ended any chance of the opposition regaining power in the legislature, perhaps for decades.
 
Conservatism at its finest. Protecting us from going blind.

 
Highland Deac said:
What's really amazing about that chart is that in Wisconsin and Ohio, the Democrats could win 60%-plus of the statewide popular vote and still not win even a slim majority in the legislature. Given that neither party is likely win either state by ten, much less twenty, percentage points in the legislative races anytime soon, that means the GOP has a more or less permanent majority in the legislature of both states - there is no realistic way to vote them out without an insane popular vote majority for Democrats. Which, of course, is what the whole Supreme Court case was about. And things aren't much better here in NC, although we at least do have a Democratic-majority state supreme court to make a ruling. Whether the NC state legislature will accept their decision is another matter. The GOP in Wisconsin and Ohio hasn't just gerrymandered the state in their favor, they've virtually ended any chance of the opposition regaining power in the legislature, perhaps for decades.
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Yes, this is why the Supreme Court's bullshit ruling on gerrymandering will matter for at least decades. republicans have to cheat to win, and there is virtually nothing Wisconsin and Ohio can do to stop this blatant Consitutional violation. Dems have to somehow get dirtier than they are, which is what democracy is all about of course.
 
Junebug said:
For the record, I am in favor of a Congressional fix assigning district drawing to a computer algorithm that is optimized for compactness and doesn’t take account of race, party affiliation, community interest, etc. No more minority-majority districts and no more gerrymandering.
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Great -- add some Ts &Ps and you got yourself a stew!
 
Richard Spencer has been named Grand Marshall of the Fourth of July Parade.
 
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