What do you think about all the black democrats who are saying that a conservative PAC tricked them into voting No because they made it seem like Obama wanted them to vote no?
I don’t see any problem with it at all. It showed democrats speaking their own words about not liking gerrymandering and truthfully pointed out it would end the only two majority black districts.
There will be no majority black districts if this new map is enacted.
If you’re a black person and want your representative to consistently be black it would now be less likely to happen.
What do you think about the conservatives who say they were tricked into voting Yes by the same ads, because they thought if Obama/Spanberger approved of the Vote No ads (implied in the ads, according to them), then they should vote Yes instead?
My guess is those ads were targeted more in areas with liberal black populations because it let them know they were losing their majority. I saw ads almost every commercial break here in western Virginia, but never saw that one once.
I’d say look at the voting numbers in those areas, compare them to the presidential election numbers, then against the state as a whole and see if the ads were a net positive for conservatives.
They don’t seem deceptive to me. I think showing the democrats being hypocritical of gerrymandering was understood by most.
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What do you think about all the black democrats who are saying that a conservative PAC tricked them into voting No because they made it seem like Obama wanted them to vote no?
Here's the ad that they're saying tricked them into voting No. https://youtu.be/90quQd_nlbg?si=-9F1Y8ixHPwUNlIv
I don’t see any problem with it at all. It showed democrats speaking their own words about not liking gerrymandering and truthfully pointed out it would end the only two majority black districts.
There will be no majority black districts if this new map is enacted.
If you’re a black person and want your representative to consistently be black it would now be less likely to happen.
What do you think about the conservatives who say they were tricked into voting Yes by the same ads, because they thought if Obama/Spanberger approved of the Vote No ads (implied in the ads, according to them), then they should vote Yes instead?
My guess is those ads were targeted more in areas with liberal black populations because it let them know they were losing their majority. I saw ads almost every commercial break here in western Virginia, but never saw that one once. I’d say look at the voting numbers in those areas, compare them to the presidential election numbers, then against the state as a whole and see if the ads were a net positive for conservatives.
They don’t seem deceptive to me. I think showing the democrats being hypocritical of gerrymandering was understood by most.