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BumRushDaShow

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6. That's what Jeffries was suggesting

Reply to SamuelAdams (Reply #5)

Wed May 20, 2026, 11:42 AM

17 hrs ago

and that included NY.

The thing is, a number of states (and that includes some red states) have state Constitutional requirements for districts to be "compact and contiguous". PA's is like that and that is how in 2018, we were able to ungerrymander the (R) skew here and go from -

13(R)s - 5 (D)s

to

9(D)s - 8(R)s (after PA lost a seat after the 2020 census).

So in order to draw (R)s out of existence, the state Constitution would need to be changed to allow it.

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GOP senators push for challenge to House maps in Democratic states [View all] BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago OP

Whereas, naturally AZJonnie 23 hrs ago #1

As per the article: Democrat-controlled states? This Lee Atwater bullshit needs to die AZLD4Candidate 21 hrs ago #2

That would ultimately create more dem seats SSJVegeta 21 hrs ago #3

Democratic states should follow the supreme court directive and gerrymander harder. Multichromatic 20 hrs ago #4

My understanding of the SC decision was politics is an acceptable reason to discriminate. SamuelAdams 18 hrs ago #5

That's what Jeffries was suggesting BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago #6