Matt Jacobsen

@politicalmath @Pro_Nuke Most “Republican” “banned” books are books with sexual themes.

None of these books have been "banned" from public libraries and the few that have been "banned" from school libraries were banned for racial slurs in Burbank CA, which was +34 D in the 2024 election

@DiehardOsfan55 @KilleyAlex @JeffMindel @rich_byu That’s total BS, there’s plenty of ways to split SLC once and not have this clear gerrymander.

@WasatchWhig @KilleyAlex @JeffMindel @rich_byu And the Utah map was redrawn because the Fair Districts Amendment stated that you couldn’t split any county more than once so SLC had to have its own district.

Look at Utah. I live in that minuscule, blue district. If that isn’t gerrymandering, I don’t know what is. That little thing was created to give the Democrats a seat by packing all the blue voters into one district. Crazy.

@thinbluesublime @KilleyAlex @JeffMindel @rich_byu Putting West Valley with Foothill & the Avenues makes less sense than putting West Valley with Kerns, & South Jordan. People pretending SLC is a strong cohesive city is very disconnected from the reality here. There’s a reason no homeless shelters are by SLC ‘s major hospitals.

@WasatchWhig @KilleyAlex @JeffMindel @rich_byu No it isn’t. An alternate map that’s SLC + the most conservative suburbs in Salt Lake County would still be Harris +8. And drawing a map that puts SLC in a district with Riverton & Draper makes far less sense than SLC in with South Salt Lake & Millcreek.

@DiehardOsfan55 @KilleyAlex @JeffMindel @rich_byu Wow, that’s not what I’m arguing.

@WasatchWhig @KilleyAlex @JeffMindel @rich_byu No you don’t, because arguing that SLC is a Dem pack is arguing that it’s a *Republican* gerrymander by saying that the Dems should have *more* districts because the GOP “packed” them all into one district. And SLC isn’t one district, it’s 1 district + part of another district.

@thinbluesublime @KilleyAlex @JeffMindel @rich_byu The new map split up more counties & municipalities than the others the judge rejected. They prioritized keeping SLC together over everywhere else, and then picked the bluest adjacent suburbs. It’s a clear gerrymander.

@WasatchWhig @KilleyAlex @JeffMindel @rich_byu The new map keeps Salt Lake City itself together, and then grabs enough of its Southern suburbs to reach the necessary population for a congressional district. No part of that is packing. Keeping SLC together is how a fair district would be drawn.

@DiehardOsfan55 @KilleyAlex @JeffMindel @rich_byu SLC shouldn’t be 1 or 4 districts. Both are terrible gerrymanders. I totally understand packing & cracking. I understand what gerrymandering is whether I like the outcome or not, unlike you.

@WasatchWhig @KilleyAlex @JeffMindel @rich_byu Yeah they packed SLC into a single district because it makes no fucking sense to have it split among 4 districts. The previous map was a very obvious gerrymander, the one that replaced it is not. You’re the idiot who doesn’t understand the concept of packing and cracking.

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Weber county detective LIED to a family of a child s3xual abuse victim and said prosecutors would not be filing charges against her abuser, but the case was NEVER SENT to prosecutors to be screened for charges. He is still not in jail. How many other children have been harmed in the meantime?!

🚨 Selena Gomez says LA is now “dirtier than Mexico” as she joins growing ranks of celebrities unhappy with city leadership.

@GreenPlusAnE Get rid of both the farm & solar subsidies.

We are supposed to feel bad for land owners because there is high demand for their property?

A big data point that's going to get discussed a lot once we're beyond the immediate political tensions of the moment is how the Trump era was the era where various aspects of leftwing radicalism was able to repackage itself to fit a moment of right-wing populist hysteria. The list goes on and on (RFK, Tulsi Gabbard, Trump himself, etc.) of former Democrats whose fundamental stances didn't change but who found the Republican Party suddenly more fertile ground for their radicalism than had been the Democratic Party. And now that the populist moment in the Republican Party is starting to fade and the Democratic Party is beginning to have their own, no surprise at all that these erstwhile Republicans are returning to the radical leftist pits that spawned them.

@thinbluesublime @KilleyAlex @JeffMindel @rich_byu Incorrect. This current map deliberately got the bluest areas. There may be better chances for Democrats in districts which focus on Salt Lake county but you’re absolutely wrong it’ll always be a Dem district. Of all areas that should (and must be split up) Salt Lake is #1.

@WasatchWhig @KilleyAlex @JeffMindel @rich_byu Packing is when you draw a district that unnaturally concentrates voters of a political persuasion in one district. Drawing compact, fair districts in Utah without consideration for partisanship will lead to 1 Dem district in Salt Lake County.

@DiehardOsfan55 @KilleyAlex @JeffMindel @rich_byu Gerrymandering is changing district lines to get a desired outcome. In this case, they packed a district to get a safe Democrat district. You partisan hacks do mental gymnastics to justify corrupt politics. We’re seeing the tit for tat nationwide give us worse candidates.

@WasatchWhig @KilleyAlex @JeffMindel @rich_byu The concept of “packing” when it comes to gerrymandering is sticking all of one party in as few districts as possible so the rest are safe for the other party. That’s the whole point behind it. So you’re misusing the term.

@KilleyAlex @Buhlerzzz @rich_byu Proportional? Interesting since that metric means it’s focused on voter affiliation: exactly what prop 4 said is not supposed to be done making maps. This is a clear gerrymander done to get a desired political outcome.

@WasatchWhig @Buhlerzzz @rich_byu No, it definitely is not. It's far more proportional now, and that matters a lot. It's the most commonly cited statistic to determine if a map is fair.

@DiehardOsfan55 @shanesmith336 @JeffMindel @rich_byu Packing & cracking are both common gerrymandering techniques. They are independent of each other. Picking voters to get a desired party, is gerrymandering. Districts should combine common interests but not by focused on giving any particular party priority.

@shanesmith336 @WasatchWhig @JeffMindel @rich_byu I should say it not necessarily gerrymandering. In some cases it is, but only if it accompanied by cracking.

@DiehardOsfan55 @KilleyAlex @JeffMindel @rich_byu *shouldn’t Yes, the Gibson map deliberately puts all the bluest parts of Salt Lake County into one district. It’s a clear gerrymander.

@WasatchWhig @KilleyAlex @JeffMindel @rich_byu What you’re arguing is that Dems should have another seat because the map “packs” all the Dems into one seat.

@Buhlerzzz @KilleyAlex @rich_byu Well St George used to be in my district here in Downtown SLC. We had some correlations, I guess it wasn’t gerrymandering 🙄

@WasatchWhig @KilleyAlex @rich_byu As a Vernal native and resident, its not absurd at all. There are some correlations between the two.

@Buhlerzzz @KilleyAlex @rich_byu Why would I repost the same thing? You’re bizarre.

@WasatchWhig @KilleyAlex @rich_byu Why in the world are you subtweeting yourself? That's bizarre.

@Buhlerzzz @KilleyAlex @rich_byu This current map is worse and more gerrymandered than any this century.

@WasatchWhig @KilleyAlex @rich_byu No thank you. This map makes more sense than previous gereymandered maps.