5d ago

California Legislature approves Newsom's redistricting plan to counter Texas' new congressional map

abc7.com Gov. Gavin Newsom signs redistricting plan to counter Texas' new congressional map

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California's new redistricting plan that could slash five Republican-held House seats to counter Texas' mid-decade redraw of its congressional map.

Edit: Title updated. It has officially passed both the state assembly and the senate. It’s officially going to be on the California ballot in November.

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And the CA Supreme Court also just threw out the GOP lawsuit against this.

Okay so a red state is redder and a blue state is bluer.
Let me know when Michigan, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, PA, GA and more join the wave.
- This is important because it helps preserve the house of representative political party ratio so the GOO doesn’t gerrymander themselves to a supermajority in the midterms.
  
  On top of that, the new red districts in Texas who aren't exactly happy about this change are not exactly a lock. California district changes very likely are. There's a slim but possible upset against maga in this whole maneuver.
- the infuriating thing is that by vote count alone, texas is actually very purple
  
  I think it was on the verge of going blue back in the early aughts and then they gerrymandered a majority for themselves ever since.
  
  There are more registered Democrats than there are Republicans in Texas, but somehow the votes don't reflect the fact.
- The blue state ain’t bluer yet. State senate has to ok it, the voters have to approve in November.
  
  It’ll pass.
- New Hampshire only has 2 seats and both are democrats, and have been since 2016.
  
  Hey there youngin.
  Must have not been an adult in the year 2000 or 2004.
  NH is a very important swing state, despite its lack of electoral votes.
  Google it or something.
- Be careful what you wish for activating New Hampshire. They call it the Alabama of the North for a reason.

I really dislike how we've come to this despite realizing it's probably necessary.
- Like radiation therapy to treat cancer. Exposing yourself to intense X-ray radiation usually isn’t a smart idea, but it’s better than the alternative, and at least it’s targeted and controlled.
- We've come to this place because Democrats kept playing fair against cheaters.
  You have 3 options:
  Play fair, and prosecute / arrest cheaters. (Ideal)
  Cheat yourself against the cheaters. (Less ideal)
  Play fair and keep losing. (Idiotic) <---Democrats are here
  
  The fourth option is to play Hard Ball, and force them to play by the rules, and not allow them to just make up arbitrary rules to obey or not obey, depending on what's convenient for them.

They should shape one like a donkey just to flex
- They disenfranchised a bunch of Trump voters in a dick shaped one.

Love the new Humboldt county/North county/fuck it come all the way down to the bay area
- Yeah, that county is the most clearly gerrymandered district in the state. Also, it looks like a giant dong.

Whenever I want to rip my hair out because of my country's politics I look over there and don't feel better but at least I remember it could be worse.

Never in my life did I think Lodi would be tripartite split.
It’s okay, someone just redrew the maps… Sweats in British, Russian, and cries in Polish

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