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cykoe6

11-05-2010 07:17 PM

Redistricting Could Hand Republicans The Next Decade

Interesting article about the long term effects of the election on redistricting from Mother Jones.

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http://motherjones.com/politics/2010...-redistricting

The Republican Decade?

Not a fan of your new GOP-dominated House of Representatives? You'd better get used to it. After winning almost unprecedented power over the congressional redistricting process, Republicans are poised to lock in their gains for a decade or more. And there's very little the Democrats can do to stop them. This year, the Dems could draw less than half the districts the GOP does.

The Republican wave couldn't have come at a worse time for Dems. America's once-a-decade census has wrapped up, and many states are due to change the boundaries of their congressional districts. Population-based adjustments mean that slower-growing states (like Ohio) will lose seats, while faster-growing states (like Florida) will gain them.

But even those states that don't gain or lose seats will have a chance to redraw their congressional districts. By carefully drawing boundaries to include or exclude Dem or GOP-leaning communities, redistrictors can all but determine the outcome of House elections in advance. And most of those redistrictors are going to be Republican.

Here's why. GOP victories in Tuesday's midterms weren't limited to House and Senate races. Across the country, voters elected new Republican governors and more than 650 new state legislators. In most states, winning the "trifecta"?the governorship and both chambers of the state legislature?gives a party full control over district-drawing. Republicans have achieved that holy grail of redistricting in 14 states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin. (They'll also control the process in New Hampshire and North Carolina, where they control both chambers and the governor plays no role in redistricting.) The GOP hasn't controlled this many state legislatures since 1928.

SallyRand

11-05-2010 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by cykoe6 (Post 17676672)

Interesting article about the long term effects of the election on redistricting from Mother Jones.

Considering your stated location, your interest in USA politics is just what?

Vendzilla

11-05-2010 07:39 PM

The GOP has that and with their big win also got important chair positions on many committees.
Let's see if they now deliver on what they campaigned on.

Tempest

11-05-2010 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendzilla (Post 17676698)

Let's see if they now deliver on what they campaigned on.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

No one delivers on what they campaign on.. And if they do, the end result is usually bad for your country because what is needed could never be sold to the masses.

Maxi	11-06-2010 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by SallyRand (Post 17676681)

Considering your stated location, your interest in USA politics is just what?

Well Americans seem to be too fucking stupid to understand their own politics so we're doing it for you, too bad we can't vote.

You knuckle draggers keep voting retards into office that go and start wars THAT HAPPENS TO IMPACT THE WHOLE FUCKING WORLD.

CarlosTheGaucho

11-06-2010 04:30 AM

Interesting, thanks for the share.

minicivan

11-06-2010 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Maxi (Post 17676954)

What perfect country do you live in, full of wise and perfect people who elect only the most chaste and pure into office who bring your nation nothing but prosperity, happiness, balloons and butterflies?

US policy impacts the world primarily because of economic factors and US economic and political interests. If you don't like that, stop doing business with the US. Stop billing in $, stop targeting US surfers, stop importing crappy US products and technology. Until that time, shut the fuck up and don't complain that you have some bitch of a mistress that runs your life when you don't have the balls or brains to get rid of her.
:2 cents:

SallyRand

11-06-2010 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Maxi (Post 17676954)

I seem to recall that a European nation elected some guy to high office in 1932 who made a bunch of problems that the USA had to fix.

Just who was that guy, anyway?

BlackCrayon

11-06-2010 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by SallyRand (Post 17677391)

I seem to recall that a European nation elected some guy to high office in 1932 who made a bunch of problems that the USA had to fix.

Just who was that guy, anyway?

talk about relevant...

u-Bob

11-06-2010 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Tempest (Post 17676925)

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

No one delivers on what they campaign on..

true.

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Originally Posted by Tempest (Post 17676925)

what is needed could never be sold to the masses.

what would that be?

Vendzilla

11-06-2010 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Tempest (Post 17676925)

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

No one delivers on what they campaign on.. And if they do, the end result is usually bad for your country because what is needed could never be sold to the masses.

Actually, look at the history behind the 1994 elections, they delivered

IllTestYourGirls

11-06-2010 10:09 AM

2012 is set for Obama to be a one term president. The electoral college is swinging towards the Republican favor.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4u9lzZ9sqJ...e.map.2012.gif

cykoe6

11-06-2010 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by SallyRand (Post 17676681)

Considering your stated location, your interest in USA politics is just what?

Have you considered that my current location may not be indicative of my country of citizenship? :winkwink:

DaddyHalbucks

11-06-2010 10:56 AM

Wow, this is great news for all Americans!!

BFT3K

11-06-2010 11:43 AM

As long as the politicians in power continue to service the corporations that get them elected, as opposed to working for the good of the people - and as long as we are slaves to a 2 party system - the political pendulum will swing wildly every 2 years.

The GOP now has skin in the game. They can't blame the congress any longer, as they are the majority now. If the PEOPLE are not happy in 2 years, they will be blamed, and the swing will go right back to the left, etc....

Worldnet

11-06-2010 07:49 PM

Thank god!

funkywizard

11-06-2010 09:57 PM

who cares? we elect the demicans or the republicrats, what's the difference?

Redrob

11-06-2010 10:02 PM

Not could, will. The redistricting will lead to increased partisan infighting as each group plays to their voting base. Redistricting is just redrawing the lines to make sure you get reelected. Bad news for non-extremists of the Left and Right.

GatorB

11-06-2010 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendzilla (Post 17676698)

The GOP has that and with their big win also got important chair positions on many committees.
Let's see if they now deliver on what they campaigned on.

don't hold your breath and when those earning under $100K get fucked over so the rich can get all the breaks I hope you are happy.

GatorB

11-06-2010 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by funkywizard (Post 17678833)

who cares? we elect the demicans or the republicrats, what's the difference?

depends if you're in the top 5% income or not.

GatorB

11-06-2010 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendzilla (Post 17677532)

Actually, look at the history behind the 1994 elections, they delivered

more stupidity.

Tempest

11-06-2010 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendzilla (Post 17677532)

Actually, look at the history behind the 1994 elections, they delivered

And how's that worked out for the country?

Worldnet

11-07-2010 07:50 AM

Liberals had there little fling, but play time is over. Money talks , and bull shit walks!

Ps: negative reps won't help Obama. LOL

IllTestYourGirls

11-07-2010 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by GatorB (Post 17678850)

don't hold your breath and when those earning under $100K get fucked over so the rich can get all the breaks I hope you are happy.

So completely get rid of the income tax. :thumbsup

$5 submissions

11-07-2010 02:17 PM

Weren't democrats doing the same? Let's face it, political/ideological gerrymandering has been around for a long ass time and that's why there's so many "safe" seats in the Congress. If we really wanted a "marketplace of ideas" and an equal arena for public debate, districts would be drawn up impartially without looking like mutated salamanders on bad shrooms. Maybe that would yield better results as opposed to gridlock?

ThunderBalls

11-07-2010 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks (Post 17677787)

Wow, this is great news for all Americans!!

BlackCrayon

11-07-2010 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks (Post 17677787)

Wow, this is great news for all Americans!!

what it like to live in such a right/wrong black/white world? :Oh crap

Vendzilla

11-07-2010 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Tempest (Post 17678860)

And how's that worked out for the country?

Worked great for about 6 years

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