The Beginning of the End of Gerrymandering?

[Sparko]

but isn't "Gerry" a traditional patriarchal white CIS-male name?

[carpedm9587]

but isn't "Gerry" a traditional patriarchal white CIS-male name?

Oh my.... you're right.

We should change "Gerry" to "Jerry." I believe that one is gender neutral.

So "Jerrypeopledering" it should be...

[carpedm9587]

Oh my.... you're right.

We should change "Gerry" to "Jerry." I believe that one is gender neutral.

So "Jerrypeopledering" it should be...

Wait - wait...I just realized that the word ends with "ring" which is the traditional symbol of male dominance in a marriage. That won't do. Perhaps wedding bells are more neutral?

That would make it "Jerrypeopledebell"

Thoughts?

[Sparko]

Wait - wait...I just realized that the word ends with "ring" which is the traditional symbol of male dominance in a marriage. That won't do. Perhaps wedding bells are more neutral?

That would make it "Jerrypeopledebell"

Thoughts?

"political line drawing"

[carpedm9587]

"political line drawing"

I take great offense at that suggestion.

"Pol" is an ethnic slur against polish people.
"cal" is a male name
"Raw" is a vulgar Eddie Murphy comedy routine
"Wing" recalls "Wind Beneath My Wings" - sung by a notoriously liberal, hollywood, singer.

How DARE you...

[Sparko]

I take great offense at that suggestion.

"Pol" is an ethnic slur against polish people.
"cal" is a male name
"Raw" is a vulgar Eddie Murphy comedy routine
"Wing" recalls "Wind Beneath My Wings" - sung by a notoriously liberal, hollywood, singer.

How DARE you...

I am ashamed at my bigotry.

I need a safe space. and a hug.

[Cow Poke]

I am ashamed at my bigotry.

I need a safe space. and a hug.

[carpedm9587]

I am ashamed at my bigotry.

I need a safe space. and a hug.

Don't ask a liberal to do it. They are too busy loathing themselves...

[Cow Poke]

Don't ask a liberal to do it. They are too busy loathing themselves...

Or hugging trees, not people.

[JimL]

Can we have some hope that this ruling and the actions of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania are the beginning of the end of this practice? Probably not, but we need similar work in Texas, Maryland, Illinois, Ohio, and Florida, to name a few.

I know - probably a naive hope - but one can always hope!

Oh no, if that happens republicans will find it difficult to ever win a majority congress again!

[Sparko]

Don't ask a liberal to do it. They are too busy loathing themselves...

True. That is why Cow Poke gave me a hug. He cares!

[Sparko]

Oh no, if that happens republicans will find it difficult to ever win a majority congress again!

Because Democrats don't gerrymander either, right?



You also realize that the OP is about a specific incident in a specific state with a specific constitution, right?

[Teallaura]

Why not?

Same reason we don't do that for the entire nation - it grossly undercuts representation and access to representatives. It would make voting pointless. Seriously, it makes a mockery of the idea of 'representation'. It's absurd - it's the kind of thing you suggest when you want to reduce a given population's political impact/representation. It's only slightly less anti-republican (as in form of government) than poll taxes.

[carpedm9587]

Or hugging trees, not people.

Whales!

[carpedm9587]

Same reason we don't do that for the entire nation - it grossly undercuts representation and access to representatives. It would make voting pointless. Seriously, it makes a mockery of the idea of 'representation'. It's absurd - it's the kind of thing you suggest when you want to reduce a given population's political impact/representation. It's only slightly less anti-republican (as in form of government) than poll taxes.

Yet that is the way we vote for the Senate...and the President...and no one thinks that way. Today, with gerymandering, we don't have representation. Instead of the people picking the representative, the representative is picking their voters, and crowding the voters that would vote against them into "super districts" to ensure the vote of the opposition is diluted in the remaining districts. This is the "representation" we so cling to? Somehow, I'm not seeing anything being lost...

But, to be honest, if redistricting was taken OUT of the hands of the state legislatures, and was put into the hand of a multipartisan commission in each state, that would be the best. But it still doesn't deal with the self-sorting modern populations are doing.