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FBaggins

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7. There were quite a few blue states named early on

Reply to lostincalifornia (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 14, 2025, 09:45 AM

Oct 14

The problem was that few of them had any ability to actually do something. Either they were already agressively gerrymandered in our favor or their laws/constitutions did not allow for it.

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