Maryland Congressional Districts

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NYT The Daily podcast had an episode on Democratic gerrymandering yesterday: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/31/podcasts/the-daily/midterms-elections-redistricting.html

I fundamentally disagree with their argument that gerrymandering on both sides is okay because representation balances out on the national level. I think that disenfranchising local communities, even if partisanship is represented accurately at the national level is still undemocratic.

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Anonymous wrote:NYT The Daily podcast had an episode on Democratic gerrymandering yesterday: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/31/podcasts/the-daily/midterms-elections-redistricting.html

I fundamentally disagree with their argument that gerrymandering on both sides is okay because representation balances out on the national level. I think that disenfranchising local communities, even if partisanship is represented accurately at the national level is still undemocratic.

I agree with you. And it actually leads to more extremists on both sides.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NYT The Daily podcast had an episode on Democratic gerrymandering yesterday: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/31/podcasts/the-daily/midterms-elections-redistricting.html

I fundamentally disagree with their argument that gerrymandering on both sides is okay because representation balances out on the national level. I think that disenfranchising local communities, even if partisanship is represented accurately at the national level is still undemocratic.

I agree with you. And it actually leads to more extremists on both sides.

As they said, the Supreme Court had a chance to get rid of this chose not to, and Congress can’t pass a law against it because the Republicans are opposed. This is actually a pretty good outcome to have so many Democratic wins that the field will be pretty close to fair - as they said as fair as it has been in the last 50 years.

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Done!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/04/04/maryland-new-congressional-map/?utm_campaign=wp_afternoon_buzz&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_buzz&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F367f184%2F624b50de79d9d21aa11a4d56%2F596bc2b7ae7e8a44e7dcaab7%2F8%2F61%2F624b50de79d9d21aa11a4d56