(08-04-2025 10:14 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  And, in response, Gavin Newsome will conduct a special election and move to map all 52 of California’s districts blue until the 2032 census. NY state will redistrct, as well.

This is a desperate act by a despotic president but winning is more important than citizens being served in Congress by representatives who truly represent them.

At some point, the federal courts are going to have to step in and end partisan gerrymandering… regardless of party.

If CA tries to touch their districts then they could easily lose seats. They are so gerrymandered now that republicans have been successful in flipping seats in CA, as well as NY. If you over-gerrymander, you basically take somewhat safe democratic seats and make them more vulnerable in order to try to squeeze out more seats.

Texas doesnt have this problem. all republican win their seats by double digits. They have plenty of spare room to play with.

also, the SC just ruled that race based districts are no longer allowed, so dems are about to lose more seats.

(08-04-2025 10:43 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(08-04-2025 10:14 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  And, in response, Gavin Newsome will conduct a special election and move to map all 52 of California’s districts blue until the 2032 census. NY state will redistrct, as well.

This is a desperate act by a despotic president but winning is more important than citizens being served in Congress by representatives who truly represent them.

At some point, the federal courts are going to have to step in and end partisan gerrymandering… regardless of party.

If CA tries to touch their districts then they could easily lose seats. They are so gerrymandered now that republicans have been successful in flipping seats in CA, as well as NY. If you over-gerrymander, you basically take somewhat safe democratic seats and make them more vulnerable in order to try to squeeze out more seats.

Texas doesnt have this problem. all republican win their seats by double digits. They have plenty of spare room to play with.

also, the SC just ruled that race based districts are no longer allowed, so dems are about to lose more seats.

Thats only because the state turns districting over to am independent, bi-partisan panel; but a special election would hand that over to the legislature, like in Texas.

Race based districts are so ******* crazy.

(08-04-2025 11:00 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Race based districts are so ******* crazy.

like was done in Nashville to strip away a democratic seat?
The largest city in the state… solidly democratic… does not have a single democratic representative in the US house.

Take that up with the SCOTUS, Mensa.

(08-04-2025 10:18 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  Oh, I know, Mensa! How dare we expect the feds to not use illegals as part of the Census count! How dare we more accurately reflect the make up of the country politically! How dare we hold our elected officials accountable for their actions!

If the Democrats in the Texas Legislature want to be obstructionists, do it in their respective chambers in Austin. Don't flee to another state on someone else's dime. Don't like it? Don't run for office. (And this is coming from a native Texan.)

But hey, clutch those pearls, Mensa. It's all you seem to be good at these days.

Eagleaidaholic: Exactly. See, they don't like it when their own tactics are used against them.

I like you, GC. But, I really wish people would stop responding to the likes of Elvis, Mensa and Tom. It's better to ignore them than to respond to them. There's nothing that we on the right is going to say to them that is going to change their mind.

(08-04-2025 11:04 AM)andybible1995 Wrote:  

(08-04-2025 10:18 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  Oh, I know, Mensa! How dare we expect the feds to not use illegals as part of the Census count! How dare we more accurately reflect the make up of the country politically! How dare we hold our elected officials accountable for their actions!

If the Democrats in the Texas Legislature want to be obstructionists, do it in their respective chambers in Austin. Don't flee to another state on someone else's dime. Don't like it? Don't run for office. (And this is coming from a native Texan.)

But hey, clutch those pearls, Mensa. It's all you seem to be good at these days.

Eagleaidaholic: Exactly. See, they don't like it when their own tactics are used against them.

I like you, GC. But, I really wish people would stop responding to the likes of Elvis, Mensa and Tom. It's better to ignore them than to respond to them. Nothing we on the right say to them is going to change their mind.

You're right. They won't change their minds. It's just so much fun pwning them. lol

(08-04-2025 11:02 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(08-04-2025 11:00 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Race based districts are so ******* crazy.

like was done in Nashville to strip away a democratic seat?
The largest city in the state… solidly democratic… does not have a single democratic representative in the US house.

On the upside race based districting pretty much gives us lifetime appointments for retards like Hank Johnson due to their skin color.

Hooray for equality when convenient.

this has been tried a few times before, it never works. But, its good to fund raise on I'm sure.

This is why the left wants open borders and charters sanctuary cities. Get illegals on the roles so they can get more dem seats.

(08-04-2025 11:02 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(08-04-2025 11:00 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Race based districts are so ******* crazy.

like was done in Nashville to strip away a democratic seat?
The largest city in the state… solidly democratic… does not have a single democratic representative in the US house.

Do you not understand how this is a racist statement ?

(08-04-2025 10:14 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  And, in response, Gavin Newsome will conduct a special election and move to map all 52 of California’s districts blue until the 2032 census. NY state will redistrct, as well.

This is a desperate act by a despotic president but winning is more important than citizens being served in Congress by representatives who truly represent them.

At some point, the federal courts are going to have to step in and end partisan gerrymandering… regardless of party.

Except that CA won't be able to do that without violating civil rights.

TX is redrawing because the districts were drawn based on racial criteria... blatantly illegal.

Quote:BREAKING NEWS from TX Governor Greg Abbott:

“This truancy ends now. The derelict Democrat House members must return to Texas and be in attendance when the House reconvenes at 3:00 PM on Monday, August 4, 2025. For any member who fails to do so, I will invoke Texas Attorney General Opinion No. KP-0382 to remove the missing Democrats from membership in the Texas House.”

WOW.

Quote:If Democrats ignore their duty to their constituents by breaking quorum, they should be found and arrested no matter where they go. The people of Texas elected them to do a job, not run away and hide like cowards. Lawmakers must answer the special session call and pass the important priorities that the Governor has put forward.

My office stands ready to assist local, state, and federal authorities in hunting down and compelling the attendance of anyone who abandons their office and their constituents for cheap political theater.

New: Texas Democrats Make an Even Dumber Move, and You Just Have to Laugh at This Point

“We Are At War…The Gloves Are Off”- Tyrannical New York Governor Kathy Hochul Vows Revenge as Texas Seeks to Redistrict (VIDEO)

Quote:BREAKING: New York Governor Kathy Hochul just demanded the state's independent redistricting commission be DISBANDED so she can gerrymander the state for Dems. https://x.com/i/status/1952388663515435474/video/1

AND THEY WANT REPUBLICANS TO STOP?

"I'm tired with fighting this fight with my hand tied behind my back!"

"We're sick and tired of being pushed around!"

EVERY red state must go, NOW, where possible. Re-draw.

What a vile disgusting evil witch Hochul is.

Democratic states like NY & California have independent commissions that manage redistricting. Republican states like TX do it through the partisan legislature

(08-04-2025 12:25 PM)umbluegray Wrote:  

(08-04-2025 10:14 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  And, in response, Gavin Newsome will conduct a special election and move to map all 52 of California’s districts blue until the 2032 census. NY state will redistrct, as well.

This is a desperate act by a despotic president but winning is more important than citizens being served in Congress by representatives who truly represent them.

At some point, the federal courts are going to have to step in and end partisan gerrymandering… regardless of party.

Except that CA won't be able to do that without violating civil rights.

TX is redrawing because the districts were drawn based on racial criteria... blatantly illegal.

Yep. California and New York will probably have their efforts overturned since they'd be both violating civil rights whereas we're just complying with the SCOTUS ruling.

The clock is ticking, Texas Dems. If y'all were smart, y'all would come back and fight it on the floor of the Texas Legislature. (We're right, but still, have some damn honor!)

(08-04-2025 12:43 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  Democratic states like NY & California have independent commissions that manage redistricting. Republican states like TX do it through the partisan legislature

We're complying with the SCOTUS ruling. Don't like it? Tough sh*t.

(08-04-2025 10:14 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  And, in response, Gavin Newsome will conduct a special election and move to map all 52 of California’s districts blue until the 2032 census. NY state will redistrct, as well.

This is a desperate act by a despotic president but winning is more important than citizens being served in Congress by representatives who truly represent them.

At some point, the federal courts are going to have to step in and end partisan gerrymandering… regardless of party.

Good luck with that.

Just look at the map of Harris County and explain to me how this map was gerrymandered from the start.

The new redistricting is more of a geographical map than the obvious gerrymandered map of today.

Maps should not be drawn to get minority representation

Stop feeding the leftist troll that is Mensa.

Redrawing maps by geographical sense would also most likely do away with extremist politicians.

Radicals would need to appeal more to centrists to get elected and less to far right and far left groups