So you're arguing that most people live in or near urban areas, those areas are usually dominated by Democrats, so...what is your point?
California’s election surprise: Voters aligned with GOP, not Democrats, on many initi
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So you're arguing that most people live in or near urban areas, those areas are usually dominated by Democrats, so...what is your point?
You sure about that? In the 2020 election, Democrats gained control of the MN state house, while the GOP gained control of the NH State House & Senate. In 2020, those were the only legislative chambers that flipped. In 2018, the Democrats flipped 6 Legislative chambers.
In the Governor races of 2020, only 1 governorship flipped from blue to red. In 2019, the GOP lost Kentucky. In 2018, the GOP lost CO, NV, NM, KS, IL, WI, MI, ME, while only picking up AK from an Independent.
Just FYI. So maybe you need to go back and do some research because what you said was inaccurate.
Now, whether you intended it to be inaccurate is another question.
Not if the Democrats pass a new Voting Rights Act that takes the power away from state legislatures to create their federal districts.
T. A. Gardner
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That would require a Constitutional amendment. You couldn't do it with simple legislation.
No it wouldn't. Plenty of states have independent commissions that draw districts. California is one of them. The others are Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, and Washington.
T. A. Gardner
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That's a state choice, the feds can't mandate it. Arizona's "independent commission" has 7 members on it. Usually 3 or 4 are Republican, 2 or 3 are Democrat, and one is an Independent. The legislature (run by Republicans) gets the final okay on what the commission proposes. That's how it works here. So, the independent commission is really a fig leaf for Republicans to redistrict as they see fit.
CA is essentially a one party state. Guess that's why they have all those propositions every election to keep the Central Committee in check.
Yeah, it's a one-party state that is leading the way in job creation, wealth creation, and has one of the largest economies in the world.
Compare that to Alabama.
No seriously, compare it to Alabama.
You sure about that? Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that states get to draw their districts. It just says states will have representatives apportioned to them by population.
So....
T. A. Gardner
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Exactly. Anything not specifically stated as a federal power in the Constitution is reserved to the States or The People. I guess you haven't bothered to read that part of it...
That's the entire text of the 10th Amendment.
The states get to decide, not the federal government.
Why Alabama?
Because like CA, AL has one-party rule, except it's the GOP in control vs. the Democrats.