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Should the Democrats gerrymander every state they control? (lemmy.world)
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Should the Democrats gerrymander ever state they have a trifecta in? Why should they put themselves at a disadvantage in the 2028 presidential elections?

Democrats now can remove all of the gerrymandering in the states they currently have control over. The districts would be redrawn by the state legislature to be more fair. They would remove all the GOP gerrymanders.

But if Trump and Republicans opposes the democrats legislation the democrats will heavily gerrymander all the states they currently have control over and change the retirement age of the state supreme courts.

So if Trump vetoes legislation Democrats heavily gerrymander one state. If he vetoes more legislation they gerrymander another state. If he vetoes more legislation they change the retirement age and appoint their own state supreme court justices.

They could later negotiate with republicans to pass new Civil Rights Act banning all forms of gerrymandering and voter suppression.

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[–] 8 points 3 days ago

I would like to see laws that force districts to be drawn in a fair way so that everyone gets fair representation. There has been a lot of research into how to make a fair map so it should be doable. This is not only the right thing to do but it is also the most stable scheme. If you try to push your advantage too far with gerrymandering, you have a chance to win more districts than you really deserve, but the margins are so close that when there is a swing against your party, you get destroyed. This is part of why the republicans do so exceptionally poorly this time.

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