@BadFaithComment @Gingersnapnick @LeaningRight36 @StatisticUrban I did. You clearly just don't understand the mechanics at play.
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@BadFaithComment @Gingersnapnick @LeaningRight36 @StatisticUrban No it doesn't? What on Earth are you talking about? Democrats will need to win by like 5+ points just to break even under current maps. By contrast, with the example variants (ignoring that they are dated), the popular vote winner would almost always win the House.
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@OklahomaPerson @Gingersnapnick @LeaningRight36 @StatisticUrban The map now (likely) has more Dem lean than a compact national map. A compact map would have far more variance.
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@barry_luxor @astrowatchx @MichaelSteele This fake quote is the biggest crock of shit I have seen today. LBJ and the Democrats are the proponents of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Act and the only reason it exists. There is a reason the racist voters in the south voted for Goldwater in 1964.
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“If y’all could give us less than zero seats you would do it…The MAGA party is the last breath of the Confederacy."
Nailed it.
The Root@TheRoot
A Louisiana resident who identified himself as Marshawn delivered a fiery, emotional speech to lawmakers during a state Senate hearing over redistricting Monday, accusing Republicans of trying to “cheat” Black voters out of political power.
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@AlynnHouse @MichaelSteele Literally fake map, but of course 400 idiots liked it.
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@leftwick20 @ColeSandick Here from the quotes of the original tweet, but absolutely ridiculous framing from Politico. Nothing new coming from them, though.
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@ColeSandick honestly the idea that black voters are fine with a permanent GOP congressional majority so long as every neighborhood of their district remains the same is beyond insulting to their intelligence
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Apparently no one in the QTs bothered to read the article, because nonwhite Dems support this! The extent to which actually existing minority voters care about identity politics and representation has been stupendously overexaggerated by Dem leaders for self serving purposes.
POLITICO@politico
A lot of Democrats are willing to sacrifice Black voting power to beat the GOP. In a new POLITICO Poll, a plurality of Dems say the party should counter Republican gerrymandering, even if it means reducing the number of majority-minority districts. 🔗 politi.co/3PkA70E
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This is insanely stupid framing. Black people, who vote overwhelmingly for Democrats, have minimal voting power so long as Republicans have power. Fewer black districts suck, but a few extra black Democrats in swing/blue states in a permanent chamber-wide minority is powerless.
POLITICO@politico
A lot of Democrats are willing to sacrifice Black voting power to beat the GOP. In a new POLITICO Poll, a plurality of Dems say the party should counter Republican gerrymandering, even if it means reducing the number of majority-minority districts. 🔗 politi.co/3PkA70E
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@BeelMoBeel14 @CatSplotchy @USA_Polling I don't think they're a Republican based on previous interactions, but yeah, that's just patently untrue.
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@RichardC90564 @AP The Republicans are literally cheating by cracking his district?
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@AP cant win without cheating-they dont even want to try-LOL!!!!
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Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee is ending his bid for reelection after a redraw of his Memphis district. apnews.com/article/steve-…
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@StatisticUrban @BlueRepublik This is literally way more money than a large majority of Americans make for basically doing nothing, and you get to have the entire rest of the day instead of half of it to do what you want, and presumably still get weekends.
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@StatisticUrban @BlueRepublik Is this a joke? How much do you value living doing what you want versus wasting away most of your waking hours at work?
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You very obviously just bring a sleep mask and switch to a night shift schedule
This is an insanely easy task given the pay
Lancesico 🇱🇨@Bornakang
How long could you last doing this job
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@commoncents1987 @Bornakang Yeah and it's not true. The people believing this are idiots.
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@WhiteySwolz @Bornakang Common Sense says this is what most citizens believe government employees do with tax payers funds.
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@Bornakang Oh, a government job. I expect it comes with a fat pension too.
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The sun will not set in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, for the next 79 days 😮
The annual “midnight sun” season began on 10 May, when the sun rose above the horizon at 2:57 a.m. @NWSFairbanks captured the last sunset and sunrise in the northernmost city in the USA until 2 August.
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@Billy_Stew @StatisticUrban @rowanfornow I shared that map just a couple minutes before your comment, funnily. x.com/OklahomaPerson…
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@StatisticUrban The county-based version was less nonsensical with respect to crossing every boundary imaginable while yielding a similar result. Obviously that will be well out of date given modern leanings and population distribution, though, since it is from January 2018.
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@OklahomaPerson @StatisticUrban @rowanfornow Thank you!
Compact with County Borders makes most sense to me although a lot of County borders in IL don't make sense to me or Counties should be combined.
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@StatisticUrban It also had nested districts, though, which is not something you really see ever nowadays.
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@StatisticUrban The county-based version was less nonsensical with respect to crossing every boundary imaginable while yielding a similar result. Obviously that will be well out of date given modern leanings and population distribution, though, since it is from January 2018.
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@StatisticUrban @rowanfornow Is there a link to that model that still works?
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@Johnfromnh420 @LeaningRight36 @StatisticUrban The House was not designed to do this. It was literally supposed to be the people's chamber.
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@LeaningRight36 @StatisticUrban Which would be the result of 'fair maps.' The system was designed to limit your ability to run up the score in cities. Wisconsin is the perfect example D+80 in Milwaukee and Madison rest of state is R+15 so end result is 6-2.
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