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So it looks like FL will gerrymander as well FL Dems and VA Repubs in Congress should get together and propose a nat’l gerrymandering ban. That’ll happen right after my date w/Sydney Sweeney
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Anonymous 2w

republicans would never back it

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Anonymous 2w

Both side have proposed a ban on gerrymandering and BOTH side have rejected it. Both dems and reps use it and neither side actually wants to get rid of it. They only say they do when it suits them.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

they should propose it again then in light of all of this

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

Even if they do, it will get rejected just like it has every time before.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

No harm in trying again. House republicans should propose a national ban, idk why they wouldn’t. If we don’t have one, this “race to the bottom” will continue

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

I specified house republicans b/c they control congress

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

Politics is a game. Nothing more. The point is to use every advantage you can get. Take gerrymandering out of the equation are taking out that huge advantage everyone tries to use. The people playing the game don’t want that.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

When did republicans propose a gerrymandering ban?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

90s and early 2000s. Also fun fact, the dems created gerrymandering under the Jeffersonian Party (aka Democratic-Republican party) which is the precursor to the modern day Democratic Party.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

The term was coined from Elbridge Gerry who created an oddly shaped district in New Jersey to maximize the voting power of his party. The Boston Gazette likened it to a salamander, hence the name gerrymandering.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

Democratic party of 1800s ≠ Democratic party of 2020s

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

You’re right. The Democratic Party doesn’t exist in the 1800s. The Democratic-Republican party did, which I already stated. The Democratic Party does have the SAME ideology as the Democratic-Republican party. The only difference is that they changed their name in the 1900s.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

The Democratic party of the pre-LBJ days is not the Democratic party of today 🤣 nevertheless both parties should agree to ban this. GOP controls House rn and are angry ab VA, so they should give a proposal a try

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

It prob won’t happen but it should

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

The party has changed over time, sure, but acting like all connection disappeared is just lazy history. The core thread is still there: pushing back on concentrated power, expanding participation, and appealing to ordinary people over elites. No one said it’s an exact clone of the Jefferson’s party. I said follow the same ideology as the Democratic-Republican and Jeffersonian Parties, which is true.

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