Retaliatory Gerrymandering -Democrats only

[Frodo]

would you support the Democratic gerrymandering of California and Illinois in retaliation for the Republican gerrymandering of Texas (and apparently Georgia)?

-and i am referring to mid-decade redistricting which Republicans have made precedent, as we all know.   

[Defarge]

In NY and California it wouldn't really work that well since our strength is concentrated near the coasts, whereas Texas is more easily gerrymandered.  Unless we combined portions of NYC with bits of upstate, it wouldn't work.

[A18]

California was already gerrymandered.

New York is not controlled by the Democrats, and it's almost impossible to gerrymander Illinois because all the Democrats are packed in Chicago.

[Frodo]

In NY and California it wouldn't really work that well since our strength is concentrated near the coasts, whereas Texas is more easily gerrymandered.  Unless we combined portions of NYC with bits of upstate, it wouldn't work.

i know, but let's suppose for argument's sake that we did have complete control of those two states (they are, after all, strongly Democratic) -would you support it then?

[nclib]

Illinois and New Jersey are the only Democratic-controlled states where we could conceivably gain any seats.

[KEmperor]

In NY and California it wouldn't really work that well since our strength is concentrated near the coasts, whereas Texas is more easily gerrymandered.  Unless we combined portions of NYC with bits of upstate, it wouldn't work.

You mean something like this?

[King]

it's almost impossible to gerrymander Illinois because all the Democrats are packed in Chicago.

Actually, you could create long strips of CDs like NC-12 from Cook County down IL into Republican areas:

[King]

(and apparently Georgia)?   

The Republican "gerrymander" in Georgia was created by stupid Georgian Democrats who had no idea what they were doing in creating the districts...

[TeePee4Prez]

Yes, payback's a bitch!

[opebo]

So physical contiguity is a requirement for CDs?

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So physical contiguity is a requirement for CDs?

In most (maybe all) states.
This is still allowed though.
Don't ask me why it looks so funny. I mean no matter how you draw Manhattan and Brooklyn your district is going to be Democratic.

[Akno21]

Just let a computer draw districts.

[minionofmidas]

Racial gerrymandering. That's a district supposed to a) elect an extra Hispanic b) have sufficient Chinese voting power to prevent anybody blatantly disliked in the Chinese community from winning.

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Here's a really crazy one.

[minionofmidas]

In Florida, of course, racial and political gerrymandering are one.

[Democratic Hawk]

No, there should be no gerrymandering. Congressional districts should be distinct geographical entities within around 15,000 electors of each other

At present, to my knowledge, there are only about 25-30 (if that) competitive districts out of 435, which seems to imply that districting, and re-districting, is about little more than protecting vested interests (both Democratic and Republican)

Dave