“Translation: they will keep trying to gerrymander and ensure a permanent GOP minority majority. They are not redeemed. They are simply lurking in the weeds, waiting for an opportunity to readvantage themselves at our collective expense.”
Would you expect anything different? This isn’t your grandfather’s GOP! It’s a house of horrors, so they sent in the clowns….:)
“Translation: they will keep trying to gerrymander and ensure a permanent GOP minority majority. They are not redeemed. They are simply lurking in the weeds, waiting for an opportunity to readvantage themselves at our collective expense.”
Would you expect anything different? This isn’t your grandfather’s GOP! It’s a house of horrors, so they sent in the clowns….:)
Sometimes I feel bad about Maryland being gerrymandered D. Then I look at the current GOP and their majority states, and I thank Furry Jesus for the gerrymander.
I live in Maryland and honestly it’s not so offensively gerrymandered anymore, at least at the congressional level. No more drunk pterodactyl shaped districts.
Are you a center-R or hard-R in MD, though? My (few) acquaintances who are seem to believe they are the last outpost of sense in the state, and that, frankly, the incoming migrants are about to cut their throats and convert their children.
In the short term, a nonpartisan districting by the kind of algorithmic system I advocate for every state would probably flip the 6th back for one additional R seat in the west, a 6-2 rather than 7-1 delegation. But, several seats including both R districts would be more competitive than all but the 6th have been.
Fortunately we're making headway on the issue, because otherwise at some point the only valid strategy would be for blue states to embrace retributive gerrymanders as a means of counterbalance. I'd prefer Maryland go to a better system, tbh.
It's less about expecting anything different and more about how obvious and unsubtle they are in their ambitions. They are all but telegraphing that they will accept no less, of their own accord, than unquestioned dominance and choosing their voters rather than letting the voters make the choice for themselves. As long as I'm one of those who pays their salary, pension, and benefits, I will insist that my voice carries the same weight as those whom they select for themselves.
“Translation: they will keep trying to gerrymander and ensure a permanent GOP minority majority. They are not redeemed. They are simply lurking in the weeds, waiting for an opportunity to readvantage themselves at our collective expense.”
Would you expect anything different? This isn’t your grandfather’s GOP! It’s a house of horrors, so they sent in the clowns….:)
Sometimes I feel bad about Maryland being gerrymandered D. Then I look at the current GOP and their majority states, and I thank Furry Jesus for the gerrymander.
I live in Maryland and honestly it’s not so offensively gerrymandered anymore, at least at the congressional level. No more drunk pterodactyl shaped districts.
Are you a center-R or hard-R in MD, though? My (few) acquaintances who are seem to believe they are the last outpost of sense in the state, and that, frankly, the incoming migrants are about to cut their throats and convert their children.
In the short term, a nonpartisan districting by the kind of algorithmic system I advocate for every state would probably flip the 6th back for one additional R seat in the west, a 6-2 rather than 7-1 delegation. But, several seats including both R districts would be more competitive than all but the 6th have been.
Fortunately we're making headway on the issue, because otherwise at some point the only valid strategy would be for blue states to embrace retributive gerrymanders as a means of counterbalance. I'd prefer Maryland go to a better system, tbh.
I have no idea who “Furry Jesus” is but I love the name.
Jesus in furs, of course. 😜
It's less about expecting anything different and more about how obvious and unsubtle they are in their ambitions. They are all but telegraphing that they will accept no less, of their own accord, than unquestioned dominance and choosing their voters rather than letting the voters make the choice for themselves. As long as I'm one of those who pays their salary, pension, and benefits, I will insist that my voice carries the same weight as those whom they select for themselves.
Compare and contrast the Wisconsin (and national) Republicans in 2024 with the representatives of the Slave States prior to secession.
I agree wholeheartedly, and thought the initial comment was great. I just added my own fun fact, or not so fun…:)