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BumRushDaShow

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8. They do have this

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #6)

Tue Jul 15, 2025, 07:59 PM

Jul 15

California’s population increases — again (May 1, 2025)

And they might be able to justify it based on population increases and shifts in populations in the current Districts as they usually try to keep them semi-the same size (I think the districts are now up to like 750,000+ each).

After the 2020 Census here in PA when we lost a seat, because there was a loss of population on the western (red areas) side of the state, they redrew the Districts to remove a District from there and then tweaked the borders for Districts here in the east.

The BIG un-gerrymandering here in PA happened in 2018 (not only redrawn but renumbered and relocated). So by 2020 and later, they already had the basic layout without the "Goofy Kicking Donald Duck" 7th Congressional District and other meandering Districts.

7th Congressional District BEFORE 2018

7th Congressional District AFTER 2018

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Gavin Newsom's Warning to Donald Trump Over Plan for Texas Republicans [View all] BumRushDaShow Jul 15 OP

Isn't Texas... Gruenemann Jul 15 #1

extremely moonshinegnomie Jul 15 #9

District 5 is in the Dallas area, not Houston or Austin RussBLib Wednesday #15

We either need to stop promoting this red-blue concept or face reality... Moostache Jul 15 #2

The problem with that thinking is there are many Democrats of lesser means who can't, or don't want to move for a .. electric_blue68 Jul 15 #4

That's why I always said to accomplish this we'd have to offer slightlv Jul 15 #7

Idk, it'd be great if they could be somewhere else, but that's not happenjng... electric_blue68 Jul 15 #14

We on the left need to realize that MASSIVE pushback over DECADES would be required... Moostache Wednesday #17

Moos.. we think along the same lines, with the same passion... slightlv Thursday #19

A return to the concept of Greek city-states mnay be necessary. Moostache Wednesday #18

The problem with leeches Metaphorical Jul 15 #5

"Trump on Tuesday said he would like to see five new GOP seats in Texas." sop Jul 15 #3

Can two "play at that game"? FBaggins Jul 15 #6

They do have this BumRushDaShow Jul 15 #8

Population growth of 108k in a state of almost 40 million is actually shrinking relative to the rest of the country FBaggins Jul 15 #10

That figure was over a single year. It was 250,000+ total over a couple years (including revisions). BumRushDaShow Jul 15 #11

The 3.3 million nationally was also for a single year FBaggins Jul 15 #12

An example of redrawing and backlash/back-firing BumRushDaShow Wednesday #16

AND.... I just spotted this article today (with CA's options) - BumRushDaShow Friday #20

It's a regular pattern: Illegal, Immoral and Unconstitutional. rickyhall Jul 15 #13