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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[–] [S] 79 points 1 year ago

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

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago (16 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 47 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago

    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.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    the infuriating thing is that by vote count alone, texas is actually very purple

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    New Hampshire only has 2 seats and both are democrats, and have been since 2016.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I was not an adult then, but I have literally lived in NH. I was merely pointing out that NH can't exactly get more blue (other than maybe getting some better dems than the current ones) because they have 2 dem senators and 2 dem house reps.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Gerrymandering doesn't apply to presidential elections.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I really dislike how we've come to this despite realizing it's probably necessary.

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  • [–] [S] 20 points 1 year ago

    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.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    We've come to this place because Democrats kept playing fair against cheaters.

    You have 3 options:

    1. Play fair, and prosecute / arrest cheaters. (Ideal)

    2. Cheat yourself against the cheaters. (Less ideal)

    3. Play fair and keep losing. (Idiotic) <---Democrats are here

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Love the new Humboldt county/North county/fuck it come all the way down to the bay area

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They should shape one like a donkey just to flex

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    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.

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