Federal panel says MD redistricting lawsuit can move forward

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Can we all agree that gerrymandering is wrong, regardless of which party does it?

As a Dem in the MD-6 district I agree with this

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Maryland is probably the worst gerrymandered state, whereas Ohio's gerrymandering is probably the one most talked about for one that isn't gerrymandered as bad as most states.

Ohio's gerrymandering is overrated. #RealAtlasSayings

A 9-7 R delegation from Ohio would be fair. This decade's Ohio map is an improvement in the sense that they got rid of the Columbus crack. The long, thin Toledo to Cleveland district needs to go, though.

Great news. With a liberal SCOTUS we could see an end to partisan gerrymandering by the end of the decade.

This.

And its ironic that its centers around CD6 as 1) its one of the lesser gerrmandered MD seats and 2) it almost flipped in 2014. Hogan carried it by 14%, IIRC.

The reason why the 6th was sued is because the western panhandle of the state is very culturally and politically different than the DC suburbs, and historically the western-based 6th district never dipped down into the DC suburbs.

This is very true, heck I'd argue there is a fairly large cultural gap between Fredrick county and washington county+counties to the west of it let alone Montgomery county. Its basically Appalachian Maryland once you hit Washington county.

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I knew there was another federal lawsuit from Wisconsin, but I only recently became aware of this one. Either way, I think this is good news. I want partisan gerrymandering to be ruled unconstitutional. I think it's a fundamental affront and violation of democracy itself. I'm not aware of any other First World democracy that considers partisan gerrymandering a tool for its own gain.

A fair map of Maryland will result in at least one Democratic Congressman losing his/her seat, maybe even two if Republicans have a good night. (I think the geography of Maryland basically supports a 6D-2R map in anything close to a neutral year.) Yes, Democrats did defy history because they wanted a 7D-1R map. If I were a Maryland voter with that on the ballot, I would have voted to uphold it. Why? In terms of gerrymandering, I do not believe in unilateral disarmament. Many recent movements have all been in Democratic states. It's funny that you don't see Republicans clamouring for reform in states they control. If we're going to give up Illinois, I want the other side to give up Pennsylvania or North Carolina.

To those that mention Ohio, don't. It's just one of those states (like Michigan) that can hide a vicious gerrymander behind geography, something you really can't do in Illinois or North Carolina or even Pennsylvania. I think California has a good model for the rest of the country. No partisan gerrymandering and no incumbent protection.

Tbh  a major issue with the map is its just a badly drawn map.  They could easily create a decent 7-1 8-0 map that isnt the abomination the current one is.