Though mostly focused on California, would add Paul Mitchell of Political Data, Inc., and Redistricting Partners to list of people to follow for redistricting news/views:
Don't forget The League of Women Voters. We are running a 50-state campaign, People Powered Fair Maps, to get the fairest maps possible drawn in 2021. In some states that means demanding a non partisan commission draw the maps, in others it means putting the legislature on notice electors are watching and expect maps to represent the electors' needs, not the legislators.
This is excellent. Thank you for explaining the redistricting process and laying out the ways we can fight their methodical yet overlooked cheating. Everything else on the progressive agenda flows from this issue, so in some ways fixing gerrymandering should be our singular focus.
Also, another example of extreme gerrymandering that I’m sure you remember well, one of the first to capture the fallout from the 2010 disgrace: In 2012, Mitt Romney and the corresponding Republican House candidate won 13 of 18 districts in Pennsylvania … Obama won the state of Pennsylvania – by nearly 300,000 votes (5.2 percent). An interesting Washington Post story showed how Romney would have won that election – despite getting five million fewer votes than Obama – in a parliamentary system. This is an important issue.
Though mostly focused on California, would add Paul Mitchell of Political Data, Inc., and Redistricting Partners to list of people to follow for redistricting news/views:
https://twitter.com/paulmitche11
This is so important!
This piece is just excellent, Dan. First rate.
Don't forget The League of Women Voters. We are running a 50-state campaign, People Powered Fair Maps, to get the fairest maps possible drawn in 2021. In some states that means demanding a non partisan commission draw the maps, in others it means putting the legislature on notice electors are watching and expect maps to represent the electors' needs, not the legislators.
"Because this debate mostly occurred on Twitter, it was overly reductive and lacking nuance."
Imagine that. LOL
I do miss Twitter sometimes (especially romance author/reader Twitter), but leaving was seriously one of the best things I've ever done for myself.
Thanks for sharing this. It is a great time to harness the energy of this year's campaign on these important fights.
This is excellent. Thank you for explaining the redistricting process and laying out the ways we can fight their methodical yet overlooked cheating. Everything else on the progressive agenda flows from this issue, so in some ways fixing gerrymandering should be our singular focus.
Also, another example of extreme gerrymandering that I’m sure you remember well, one of the first to capture the fallout from the 2010 disgrace: In 2012, Mitt Romney and the corresponding Republican House candidate won 13 of 18 districts in Pennsylvania … Obama won the state of Pennsylvania – by nearly 300,000 votes (5.2 percent). An interesting Washington Post story showed how Romney would have won that election – despite getting five million fewer votes than Obama – in a parliamentary system. This is an important issue.
I didn’t realize that about New Hampshire.
That’s not great, Dan.
Superb piece.