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RandySF

(79,642 posts) Wed Nov 12, 2025, 06:58 AM 18 hrs ago

Democratic wins in redistricting war offset GOP gains

Democrats have racked up a number of key victories in the redistricting battle in recent days, giving the party hope it can cancel out GOP gains in next year’s midterms.

The party’s latest win came late Monday, when a judge rejected a Republican-drawn congressional map in Utah, giving Democrats a clear pickup opportunity in a reliably red state. That followed the passage of Proposition 50 in California, where voters overwhelmingly approved a new map designed to net the party additional seats.

The Democrats’ latest victories have scrambled the redistricting fight and fueled optimism within their ranks that it won’t be the bloodbath some of them feared.

“[The] map is still entirely uncertain and with far too many variables at play to draw any firm conclusion,” said John Bisognano, president of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) and its affiliates.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5600705-redistricting-battle-democrats-gop/

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Democratic wins in redistricting war offset GOP gains (Original Post) RandySF 18 hrs ago OP

We need to fully exploit those other redistricting opportunities Coldwater 18 hrs ago #1

Gerrymandering increases the possibility of a "wave" WSHazel 18 hrs ago #2

they may have screwed themselves with a dummymander rampartd 17 hrs ago #3

There is a lot of Dummymandering going on WSHazel 8 hrs ago #5

UC SC approved the gerrymandering, redistricting and the red states without............. Lovie777 16 hrs ago #4

Coldwater

(585 posts)

1. We need to fully exploit those other redistricting opportunities

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 07:09 AM

18 hrs ago

because the republicans won’t hesitate in their own states.

They know 2026 is the pivot point, and if they lose - they lose it all.

WSHazel

(612 posts)

2. Gerrymandering increases the possibility of a "wave"

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 07:10 AM

18 hrs ago

By shaving a few points off seats that were “safe”, Republicans create more contested districts if Democrats win the national vote by 7+ points, as seems possible next year.

rampartd

(2,956 posts)

3. they may have screwed themselves with a dummymander

Reply to WSHazel (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 07:59 AM

17 hrs ago

i would have bet on it if our senators had not groveled for krasnov''s pleasure.

WSHazel

(612 posts)

5. There is a lot of Dummymandering going on

Reply to rampartd (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 04:55 PM

8 hrs ago

Republicans treated a huge, one time, 2024 move of Latino and young male voters as locked in, when they are anything but locked in, as the nation learned on Tuesday.

Lovie777

(21,087 posts)

4. UC SC approved the gerrymandering, redistricting and the red states without.............

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 08:27 AM

16 hrs ago

asking their constituents approval and just went forward against their opposition and democracy.

GQP is not the party of "fair and balance" nor "freedom of religion" nor "rights", et al.

I've heard the most hated state in the union is California, but alas, we still believe in democracy. Prop 50 allowed the California citizens their right to choose.

Plus Gov. Newsom and other states quickly jumped on the available of Snap.

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