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Month: November 2021
Gerrymandering in Tennessee
#NEW: Tennessee's congressional map has passed the TN House (70-26) and the TN Senate (26-5).
— The Redistrict Network (@RedistrictNet) January 25, 2022
The redistricting plan now heads to Gov. Bill Lee for approval. https://t.co/wPTnXs3Tnu pic.twitter.com/U5VZ7UASHB
Tennessee redistricting: state House voted 70-26 to pass congressional map with 3-way split of Davidson County (Nashville). State Senate passed it 26-5 last week. #tn05 pic.twitter.com/xTTqXgrVNd
— Greg Giroux (@greggiroux) January 25, 2022
Breaking: per two TN sources, Republicans are proceeding w/ drafting a redistricting plan that would carve up Nashville, likely dooming #TN05 Rep. Jim Cooper (D) and converting current 7R-2D map into 8R-1D.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 9, 2021
Gerrymandering in Ohio
Our new lawsuit argues that Ohio’s new gerrymandered maps violate voters’ rights to equal protection and freedom of association under the state constitution. https://t.co/PRxh8jVL91
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) October 6, 2021
Here is the official statement from Republicans that seems to argue they would be legally justified to award themselves up to 81% of Ohio’s state legislative seats. pic.twitter.com/LHJJRfjUpO
— Andrew Tobias (@AndrewJTobias) September 16, 2021
VIDEO: nothing better than speaking truth to power.
— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) November 10, 2021
Here’s my testimony today explaining how the Ohio GOP’s proposed 13-2 Congressional map egregiously violates the Constitution—and represents THEIR fear of democracy.
(They weren’t pleased) pic.twitter.com/pfCNdCS51u
Gerrymandering in Wisconsin
Breaking: Wisconsin legislature passes extreme gerrymandered maps that would give GOP 75% of US House seats & 60% of legislative seats in state Biden won
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 11, 2021
While Dems failed to pass Freedom to Vote Act yesterday that would ban partisan gerrymandering, Wisconsin Republicans introduced heavily gerrymandered maps that would give GOP 75% of US House seats & 60% of legislative seats in state Biden won https://t.co/ZFqL9oHwci
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 21, 2021
In 2012, Republicans won 48.6 percent of the statewide vote in Wisconsin—and 60 out of 99 seats in the Wisconsin state assembly.
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) July 23, 2021
Partisan gerrymandering allows a party that wins a minority of votes to capture a near-supermajority of seats. You can't out-organize that. https://t.co/csklb4LTrC
I would like to remind the White House about Wisconsin, one of the states of the union, and its 2018 State Assembly election https://t.co/z6RnaJUrRa pic.twitter.com/8lKyHriLsC
— Patrick Iber (@PatrickIber) July 23, 2021
Gerrymandering in Virginia
Wow. Supreme Court of Virginia throws out all three GOP nominees to serve as "special master" to draw new redistricting maps. Orders Rs to nominate three or more new names (the court will then select one D/R each to draft maps). Not a good start for Rs. https://t.co/bn46FZgB4f
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 12, 2021
The fact that VA Dems, when they had a governing trifecta, made their redistricting commission bipartisan — and that that commission produced a Republican gerrymander — is just so depressingly on brand. https://t.co/Xa1n36rQTR
— Jonathan "Boo and Vote" Cohn (@JonathanCohn) October 21, 2021
Gerrymandering in Alabama
As expected, the Alabama legislature's proposal continues to pack Black voters into just one seat (#AL07), even though it's pretty easy to draw 2/7 districts w/ Black majorities. Dems will pursue a federal lawsuit, though it's a long shot. https://t.co/pqTJR5W7PT
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) October 25, 2021
Gerrymandering in Iowa
No surprise here: Iowa Republicans poised to approve lines that would feature a 4-0 set of Trump '20 districts, up from 2-2 in the first (rejected) proposal. https://t.co/xvZiblBJrZ
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) October 28, 2021
Gerrymandering in North Carolina
North Carolina is 40% non-white & 50/50 politically but GOP passed redistricting maps giving white Republicans 71-78% of US House seats
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 5, 2021
This is what gerrymandering looks like under gutted Voting Rights Act & without federal protection for voting rights https://t.co/KTZE3comeg
NC & OH's brutal GOP gerrymanders drive home why redistricting is massively more consequential to partisan outcomes than changes to voting procedures, etc. – even though it gets less attention.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 4, 2021
State court decisions over these two maps alone could decide 5-8 House seats.
Breaking: NC Senate passes extreme gerrymandered US House map giving GOP 71-78% of seats in state Trump won with 49.9% of vote
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 2, 2021
Translation: putting this out here now so we can point to it in court later when we get sued by Dems for drawing maps that just happen to be GOP-friendly. https://t.co/w4tko9Ek5b
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 14, 2021
NORTH CAROLINA: in 2020, Dems scored a huge coup when a state court struck down the GOP's 10R-3D gerrymander and approved a new 8R-5D map (below). But now, Dems' gains are in jeopardy. A thread… pic.twitter.com/5OKtxnE3D6
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 13, 2021
Gerrymandering in Texas
People of color made up 95% of Texas’ population growth, and the Hispanic and white populations are nearly equal in size. But white voters will have disproportionate control of elections under the state’s new political maps. https://t.co/5mKw5WtWPs pic.twitter.com/BroMa3aXge
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) October 29, 2021
Late last night Texas legislature passed extreme gerrymandered US House maps
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 19, 2021
Whites 40% population but control 60% districts
Latinos 39% of population but control 18% districts
Blacks 12% of population but control 0% districts
Asians 5% of population but control 0% districts
"The Texas House approved a congressional election plan late Saturday that would lock in an overwhelming GOP edge for a decade — despite a slipping share of the population & fact that Texas’ two new seats stem from growth in the Hispanic population."https://t.co/SQmIyMs7AN
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) October 17, 2021
I don't really get it… the Texas GOP unveils a redistricting plan that gives them a 65/35 R split of seats (when 2020 votes were 53/44 R), and which gets *more* biased towards Rs as Dems gain ground statewide… and the framing is "why Dem geography hurts GOP gerrymandering"? https://t.co/tsSB9WB9aw
— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) September 27, 2021
95% of Texas population growth in last decade came from communities of color & state gained gained 11 Hispanic residents for every new white resident but new GOP congressional map doesn't create any new majority Hispanic districts. This is what gerrymandering looks like https://t.co/fKL8Y346zC
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) September 27, 2021
The map is significantly biased toward the GOP by median seat and efficiency gap. Democrats have promised to sue if it becomes law. https://t.co/cTLYAy149w pic.twitter.com/7BEWCJnzn8
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) October 19, 2021
There are three certainties in life: death, taxes and litigation over TX redistricting.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 28, 2021
The fact TX Republicans’ proposed 25R-13D gerrymander doesn’t create a new majority Hispanic seat (even though Hispanics were 53% of TX’s net 2010-2020 growth) guarantees a VRA suit.
More on attacks on school boards
“I love serving on the school board,” he said. “But I don’t want to die for it.”
— Erica L. Green (@EricaLG) November 5, 2021
via @NYTimes https://t.co/WtsKVwwLqi
1. Regardless of the outcome in VA today, everyone should familiarize themselves about hyper-politicization of school boards and the dark money groups behind it
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 2, 2021
This playbook will be repeated in hundreds of races across the country in 2022
Follow along if interested.
What the actual f**k. https://t.co/13KZ1qznrW
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) November 1, 2021
School boards are under siege. It's going to get worse. | Analysis https://t.co/yA6sMu6e3L
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 1, 2021
President of Pennsbury, PA School Board Christine Toy-Dragoni becomes the latest to go public about the flood of death and sexual assault threats made to her and her family by right wingers irate over CRT and masks. https://t.co/KMvjvQBw7A
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 31, 2021
“This is not a spirited debate at a school board meeting, this is not a peaceful protest, these are real threats. It’s outrageous and it’s dangerous,” A.B. Stoddard says of right-wing extremism inside local school boards across the country. https://t.co/5axoROsfn9
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 31, 2021
https://t.co/yiRDqXOFfW pic.twitter.com/sDjuSlzz5a
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 27, 2021
Jimmy Kimmel put together a compilation of some of my school board clips last night. Sorry, but I don’t want any of these people to have any input on what my kids are taught in school. pic.twitter.com/OxLbnKPYkw
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 27, 2021
School leaders nationwide are beginning to eye ways to rein in public commentary at local meetings in an effort to quell raucous crowds over hot-button issues like mask mandates and critical race theory https://t.co/atLnRBzHvJ
— POLITICO (@politico) October 27, 2021
Perspective: “I’m a Florida school board member. This is how protesters come after me.”
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 24, 2021
https://t.co/47dbDiDX6j
Quick thread:
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) January 3, 2022
⁰A few weeks ago, I went to an antivaxx protest at a school board in Stockton, CA.
It was put on by a woman who was at the Capitol on 1/6. She called it a “revolution.” Some protesters alongside her had no idea.⁰⁰
The meeting was wild. The protesters won.
If you want to run for school board to keep Republicans from winning the fight on education, @runforsomething will help you. https://t.co/FdXobVoj5M
— Amanda Litman (@amandalitman) March 27, 2022