I think that as much as i loathe Gavin Newsom, his pettiness is the right instinct here
2025-07-31 14:46:33
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Wander Boesjes :
We have allowed republicans to win to much power get mean get dirty stop this
2025-08-08 14:53:04
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sspell :
The frustrating part is, redistricting California furthers the long term goal of banning gerrymandering all together. Make it a net loss for Republicans and they might come to the table to stop it nationally.
2025-07-31 15:08:31
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Mike3061 :
Yeah, better to win now and then ban partisan redistricting
2025-07-31 14:51:06
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Frederick Debbs :
This is my point towards Normie Dems who are squeamish or Leftists who try to use too many purity tests and exclude ppl: you can’t do anything until you win. Period. Everything is downstream of winning elections!
2025-07-31 14:54:24
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Ozzy & Finch :
I couldn't agree with Jamelle here any more. If California can draw a 52-0 map, they should do it, and do it first while thanking republicans for giving them the idea. If they're calling you hypocrites, that means you're winning.
2025-07-31 17:20:20
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David W :
Do you think this should apply to packing the court too if/when democrats have power again? What seems clear to me is if Dems are ever in power again they have to abandon all decorum and stop trying to get along with republicans.
2025-07-31 14:54:17
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TriciaJStewart18 :
Winning is the ONLY thing at this point!
2025-08-23 23:42:30
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Sarah :
I understand there is no high road when the road is this low. But I also have a hard time when it’s objectively wrong. I don’t think they have really been taking the high road though. They have been doing almost nothing in case the backlash benefits them later.
2025-08-25 12:41:24
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Mason :
I want federally mandated independent redistricting commissions. Until then, I want California to be 51-1, I want New York to be 24-2. Maybe if they get a taste of their own medicine, we can get a bipartisan agreement to band gerrymandering.
2025-07-31 18:26:13
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wherefore art thou :
Any democrats that do not go full ham with redistricting until it is a federal law to do so in a nonpartisan way are simply wrong.
2025-07-31 14:54:00
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Dave In the Morning, Nights… :
I think the issue is that the only thing these democrats will do is “languish in defeat” while real people suffer from policies.
2025-08-04 10:36:57
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Proper Pangolin :
A 0-Republican map will also become a great test case to force the Supreme Court to block partisan gerrymandering. That would be good for everyone and *create* the high ground.
2025-07-31 17:51:17
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Ben :
Okay, but Ohio is already pretty gerrymandered. If they go much further they’re susceptible to a blue wave right? Spread your votes too thin and the gerrymander CAN fail
2025-07-31 15:09:23
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LadyJaye Oaktown :
Sometimes I feel like the Dems muzzled their firebrands for no good reason. The GOP has been throttling us for decades. I'm okay with Newsom, et. al. going
2025-07-31 14:52:27
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belugaluca :
That faction seems to believe that if they don't play nice, then they'll lose voters. But there's no moderate wing of the GOP (if there ever was) to lose voters to. How have the Dems been this bad at the game for this long?
2025-07-31 15:02:31
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cghodo :
This shouldn’t be “if Texas does it again, so will we”- Texas and most R states are already heavily gerrymandered. Democrat states should just go ahead and do it as aggressively as possible and message “we will agree to a national nonpartisan redistricting standard whenever you’re ready”.
2025-07-31 16:30:40
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pickypirate :
My concern, how do we prevent the inevitable negative consequences of Dems ‘throwing out the rule book,’ from backfiring? Meaning, guardrails; the moral ‘low-ground,’ corruption, power-seeking, etc., isn’t exclusively a Republican issue.
2025-07-31 15:20:29
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nv :
yes. redistricting now corrects an existing imbalance. the Senate and lack of DC statehood are already rigged in favor of reps.
2025-07-31 15:22:13
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Brandy Parks :
You having a cat and good opinions 🥰🥰🥰
2025-08-01 01:24:03
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Yo :
If you take Wyoming‘s population and divide that into California’s population, California should have close to 15 more seats than they currently do. 67 seats not 52.
2025-08-01 02:15:55
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gnarlyghostedyou :
There is a way to do both. Create 2 maps, one fair and one ruthlessly gerrymandered. The law states that if any state has a vote efficiency gap favoring republicans by more than X, we use the gerrymandered map. This says we favor fair maps, but if FA you FO.
2025-07-31 15:11:30
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user3860604205692 :
it is depressing to live in gerrymandered ohio
2025-07-31 14:47:35
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Brittany Henderson :
I’ve been saying for YEARS that dems should be playing just as dirty as republicans. I argued that they should have ditched the filibuster (or at least the silent one) when they had the senate.
2025-07-31 16:55:22
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