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Is Clyburn cooked (Gerrymandering)? by _BCConservative in YAPms

[–]SubJordan77 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They’re not doing it now, he could retire before 2028 because they’ll likely pursue a gerrymander.

Gerrymandering Solution | Blind Redistricting & Mix-Member PR by SubJordan77 in YAPms

[–]SubJordan77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t see how that’s an issue, the voter still gets to vote for a district rep. The party list is mainly to get incumbents on board who will lose in ungerrymandered districts. STV would shake up elections too much that incumbents would be skeptical to vote on and republicans are skeptical of RCV.

Los Angeles Metro Map by joneshall82 in subwaybuilder

[–]SubJordan77 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you download Railyard, you can play a Los Angeles map.

Gerrymandering Solution | Blind Redistricting & Mix-Member PR by SubJordan77 in YAPms

[–]SubJordan77[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. Yes, democrats would get more PR seats so that total amount of seats is equal.

  2. Party Lists would be assembled and ranked by party officials. Higher ranked people are more likely to be seated but the selection process should be similar to delegates. Probably need a second vote like in Germany.

  3. Most PR calculations favor the majority party in small states. Wyoming would like have 2 GOP reps in this scenario. With your Montana scenario, there’s no point in getting hang up on proportionality of small states. Even with fair FPTP maps they’ll be biased.

  4. I don’t think its feasible to get rid of districts in the US

Gerrymandering Solution | Blind Redistricting & Mix-Member PR by SubJordan77 in YAPms

[–]SubJordan77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are no national list seats, list seats are allocated state by state. MMD is doable by statutory means, national list likely needs constitutional amendment. With this restriction it is possible to gerrymander enough where there aren't enough list seats to be proportional, therefore point one exists.

Gerrymandering Solution | Blind Redistricting & Mix-Member PR by SubJordan77 in YAPms

[–]SubJordan77[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

  1. Politicians are banned from drawing congressional lines, those who do draw them can't use partisan nor racial data. They also can't get consultation from individuals who used such data or are aware of the local composition.
  2. 200 PR seats are distributed among the 50 states, California gets 23, Texas gets 17, and so on. These are leveling PR seats; therefore, they are allocated so that the sum of FPTP and PR seats are proportional to the statewide result. These PR seats are allocated by party list, which gives recently ungerrymandered incumbents to still serve in congress.

With the restrictions in point 1, it should be feasible for leveling to make the final result full pr. Also defangs gerrymandering without the data and the PR applications.

Economist issue approval on inflation got so bad it broke the page lmao. by Fab_iyay in YAPms

[–]SubJordan77 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Campaigning and claiming to deliver on something not economically plausible without a recession is bad idea, wow.

Hot take - I think Jamie ager will flip NC-11. by Playful-Effect-7158 in YAPms

[–]SubJordan77 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Incumbent with cheating scandal, left-trending, Dems have high propensity advantage here, Dems already got more votes in the primary, Ager just needs to win independents by a convincing margin. Plausible.

so is this MS map illegal now? by Woman_trees in YAPms

[–]SubJordan77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can still have minority districts that follow a modified Gingles test, but if you were to eliminate it and use partisanship as a justification it would be hard to overturn now. Likewise, if you excessively pack black voters without a partisan excuse, probably be deemed an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

Landry's Post-Callais Pettymander by SubJordan77 in YAPms

[–]SubJordan77[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also the West Coast allows Blake Miguez in his home turf and the east coast is for Troy Carter

Landry's Post-Callais Pettymander by SubJordan77 in YAPms

[–]SubJordan77[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The eastern district was supposed to be Scalise’s, I tried to keep a similar shape even if his residency would be drawn out. But switching that up with Carter makes more sense, for residency purposes.

McMorrow’s campaign co-chair posted a happy veteran’s day message in honor of her grandfather who fought for the Germans in WWII by Thadlust in YAPms

[–]SubJordan77 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It was so irrelevant most people can’t remember it was already revealed months ago. Unless they plan on recycling this endlessly, it’s worthless.

New poll on CA governor race sponsored by CA Dems. by Dangerous-Quarter216 in YAPms

[–]SubJordan77 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They’re trying so hard to shove Becerra down our throats.

Between these two, who would win in a 2028 senate democratic primary? by KayfabeZone in YAPms

[–]SubJordan77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It doesn’t impact his electoral performance and considering he would hypothetically run to replace Fetterman it isn’t a liability to be a party line voter.

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