Virginia’s Gerrymandering Problem
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Virginia Supreme Court shouldn't have let it get this far in the first place. They punted to see if it would pass or not, so now we'll see if they are an actual court or not.
What's the difference between Virginia gerrymandering and Texas gerrymandering last year after President Trump personally suggested Republican states redraw their maps to pick up as many seats as they could?
Other than VA has Democrats drawing the maps and Texas had Republicans doing it?
look at the drawing. thatll answer your question.
No, it isn’t answering the question. It’s making an argument.
It frames the situation as “Democrats trying to fix the game” and the court as a biased referee, but that’s just one biased interpretation.
It doesn’t address the main point being raised. Both parties have used redistricting to their advantage when they have the power to do so.
If the question is about consistency, the relevant comparison is a) who controls the map drawing process, b) whether the maps are being challenged in court, and c) whether the standards applied are the same across states
It simplifies that into a narrative, but it doesn’t resolve whether there’s a meaningful difference between how different states or parties handle gerrymandering.
So....no. It doesn't explain my question.
Follow up question. The injunction will be going to a higher court, the VA Supreme Court. If it over rules the injunction, which it most likely will, does that mean that VA's redistricting was NOT trying to fix the election? Will you accept the higher court's opinion as valid? If not, why?
The problem wirh this argument is that last year President Trump personally and explicitly encouraged Republican parties to redraw their maps to gain as many seats as possible. Texas did so and kicked off this entire rush of other states (both blue and red) to try to redraw their maps as well.
Last year, when Presidemt Trump first proposed that Republican states do this, I said it was a horrible idea because a) gerrymandering is bad and b) I knew that as soon as the first Republican state did it, liberal ones would as well. And I was right. But I earned a 3 day time out last year for "dooming" and being "anti-Trump". To be clear, I am not anti-Trump. I am anti-gerrymandering.
We can't clap like trained seals when President Trump encourages Republican states to gerrymander THEIR states, but scream and cry that gerrymandering isn't fair and should be stopped when liberal states do it.