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RandySF

(79,961 posts) Wed Nov 12, 2025, 06:58 AM Nov 12

Democratic wins in redistricting war offset GOP gains

Democrats have racked up a number of key victories in the redistricting battle in recent days, giving the party hope it can cancel out GOP gains in next year’s midterms.

The party’s latest win came late Monday, when a judge rejected a Republican-drawn congressional map in Utah, giving Democrats a clear pickup opportunity in a reliably red state. That followed the passage of Proposition 50 in California, where voters overwhelmingly approved a new map designed to net the party additional seats.

The Democrats’ latest victories have scrambled the redistricting fight and fueled optimism within their ranks that it won’t be the bloodbath some of them feared.

“[The] map is still entirely uncertain and with far too many variables at play to draw any firm conclusion,” said John Bisognano, president of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) and its affiliates.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5600705-redistricting-battle-democrats-gop/

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Democratic wins in redistricting war offset GOP gains (Original Post) RandySF Nov 12 OP

We need to fully exploit those other redistricting opportunities Coldwater Nov 12 #1

Gerrymandering increases the possibility of a "wave" WSHazel Nov 12 #2

they may have screwed themselves with a dummymander rampartd Nov 12 #3

There is a lot of Dummymandering going on WSHazel Nov 12 #5

UC SC approved the gerrymandering, redistricting and the red states without............. Lovie777 Nov 12 #4

Coldwater

(655 posts)

1. We need to fully exploit those other redistricting opportunities

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 07:09 AM

Nov 12

because the republicans won’t hesitate in their own states.

They know 2026 is the pivot point, and if they lose - they lose it all.

WSHazel

(617 posts)

2. Gerrymandering increases the possibility of a "wave"

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 07:10 AM

Nov 12

By shaving a few points off seats that were “safe”, Republicans create more contested districts if Democrats win the national vote by 7+ points, as seems possible next year.

rampartd

(3,126 posts)

3. they may have screwed themselves with a dummymander

Reply to WSHazel (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 07:59 AM

Nov 12

i would have bet on it if our senators had not groveled for krasnov''s pleasure.

WSHazel

(617 posts)

5. There is a lot of Dummymandering going on

Reply to rampartd (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 04:55 PM

Nov 12

Republicans treated a huge, one time, 2024 move of Latino and young male voters as locked in, when they are anything but locked in, as the nation learned on Tuesday.

Lovie777

(21,217 posts)

4. UC SC approved the gerrymandering, redistricting and the red states without.............

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 08:27 AM

Nov 12

asking their constituents approval and just went forward against their opposition and democracy.

GQP is not the party of "fair and balance" nor "freedom of religion" nor "rights", et al.

I've heard the most hated state in the union is California, but alas, we still believe in democracy. Prop 50 allowed the California citizens their right to choose.

Plus Gov. Newsom and other states quickly jumped on the available of Snap.

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