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WSHazel

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2. Gerrymandering increases the possibility of a "wave"

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 07:10 AM

19 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.

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Democratic wins in redistricting war offset GOP gains [View all] RandySF 20 hrs ago OP

We need to fully exploit those other redistricting opportunities Coldwater 19 hrs ago #1

Gerrymandering increases the possibility of a "wave" WSHazel 19 hrs ago #2

they may have screwed themselves with a dummymander rampartd 19 hrs ago #3

There is a lot of Dummymandering going on WSHazel 10 hrs ago #5

UC SC approved the gerrymandering, redistricting and the red states without............. Lovie777 18 hrs ago #4