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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As long as they don't redraw the boundaries and leave it like it is, it's a safe seat.

If they start monkeying around with it to cut out all the democrat strongholds in montgomery, it might be in jeopardy. This is why redistricting is so dangerous. It allows republicans to basically steal elections. [/quote]

What in the worldnare you talking about?

Maryland is a horribly gerrymandered state...by democrats and run by democarats.

If they are so stupid as to redraw the gerrymandered boudaries to a logical, fair, rational voting map then they probably deserve to lose their seats.

Republicans have zero to do with Maryland's effed up gerrymandered boundaries.
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I'm basically fine with gerrymandering as long as we get to do it. It helps us keep the state Blue, every part of it, even in the places where it's probably more red. It's not like republicans don't disenfranchise people in other states, so turnabout is fair play inmy book[/quote]

Unfortunately, the Rs took gerrymandering to the next level in 2010 which explains how they are able to maintain a lock on the House.  R districts are much more badly gerrymandered than D districts.  This also carries to state house legislative chambers.  If you're really interested, check out the Brennan Center, which has done reports on the subject.  There is also a Supreme Court case pending now that may hold that partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional.[/quote]

You forgot to add that the Rs have almost all of the governorships which have zero to do with gerrymandering.

There is much more to the Ds loss than election boundaries.[/quote]

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