Gerrymandering update after the midterms

GOP gerrymandering: Democratic votes not matched by seats gained

#ICYMI Democrats Are Poised to Wipe Out Republicans’ North Carolina Gerrymander In Time for the 2020 Election. #ncpol #ncga https://t.co/iKEgGjBZnJ pic.twitter.com/IrbEnaaUs4

— Kevin Rogers (@kevinjohnrogers) November 21, 2018

U.S. top court to review Virginia voting districts in race case https://t.co/7ebR9yDVMS pic.twitter.com/XcIz7bKsL2

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) November 14, 2018

A Gerrymander Primer- Cures for NC & Beyond- Village Resistance 11-28-18 https://t.co/kOzFisXmN4

— Momentary Grace 🌙🌊🎸 (@momentarygrace) November 28, 2018

Efforts to undermine @CleanMissouri are getting national attention! "This [effort to undermine Amendment 1] is about preserving the power to gerrymander legislative districts, and is an absurd insult to Missouri voters." Read more here: https://t.co/bX9kUWvsEH #CleanMissouri pic.twitter.com/wCzq57tiBp

— MO Health Care Action (@MOHealthAction) November 28, 2018

The @MissouriGOP has already started and funded a committee to overturn the @CleanMissouri redistricting reforms approved by voters. This is about preserving the power to gerrymander legislative districts. Absurd insult to Missouri voters. pic.twitter.com/UjY9xmS2rL

— Tony Messenger (@tonymess) November 26, 2018

The Supreme Court is diving back into the abyss of racially drawn election districts. Can partisan gerrymandering be far behind? https://t.co/NNg18306jo

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) November 13, 2018

Utah voters narrowly approve anti-gerrymandering reform https://t.co/igJJpbbLJN

— Salon (@Salon) November 22, 2018

This is the gerrymander that Republicans on the Supreme Court looked at and said "meh." https://t.co/UKgx8g4Cwv

— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) November 19, 2018

Be aware Wisconsin. Republicans attempting to make permanent their gerrymandered districts by taking power away from the newly elected Governor before he takes office. They fear fair elections. What will you do Scott Walker? Citizens of Wisconsin you must resist! https://t.co/obmbDwfYZv

— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) November 29, 2018

Meet the Gil case #gerrymander from Hell pic.twitter.com/MGnHGIV0Xs

— Erik Halvorsen (@erikhalvorsen18) November 29, 2018

Gerrymandering
North Carolina: Democrats won 48% of votes and 23% of seats
Ohio: Democrats won nearly 50% of votes and 25% of seats

Pennsylvania, new court-ordered nonpartisan map: Dems won 55% of votes and 50% of seats, up from 28% of seats under old maphttps://t.co/kcp7lx4OMh

— Mike Rosenberg (@ByRosenberg) November 29, 2018

Impact of gerrymandering in Ohio

This is amazing stuff that shows how powerful gerrymandering is.

From the Cleveland.com article linked to below:

“… in terms of controlling Ohio’s government, the GOP won 73 of the 116 Statehouse races.
But the Republicans scored their wins for 63 percent of the seats while collecting just over 50 percent of the total vote.
This is a lot like what happened in Ohio’s 16 congressional districts, where Republicans won 75 percent of the seats with just 52 percent of the overall vote.”

Stunning new stat out of Ohio:

We already knew that Republicans got 12 of OH's 16 US House seats despite winning only 52% of total congressional vote.

But get this: Republicans also managed to hold supermajorities in the Ohio legislature despite LOSING the total state leg vote.

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) November 15, 2018

Source: https://t.co/kVsIqBoRRI

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) November 15, 2018

update 11/24/18

I don't get why the Media treat Kasich as some sort of savior of democracy because of his opposition to Trump. He oversaw the gerrymandering of Ohio that led to the Ohio Republicans getting 75% of the seats in the midterms with just 52% of the vote.

— Facts Do Matter (@WilDonnelly) November 16, 2018

I daresay the @nanwhaley op-ed is a tad rosy

That Sherrod only beat Renacci by six after massive out-raising him actually illustrates the challenge Dems face in the state: their numbers in S and E OH are eroding, even against nominal opposition. https://t.co/9nvFoTs5UI

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) November 24, 2018

How North Carolina gerrymandering cost the Democrats

Democrats are poised to wipe out Republicans’ North Carolina gerrymander in time for the 2020 election: https://t.co/7lKlPohb8h pic.twitter.com/Q7s9eBYvUL

— Slate (@Slate) November 13, 2018

If you're unclear on how partisan #gerrymandering works (and it does work) see North Carolina circa #Midterms2018 : 52% of voting North Carolinians chose #Democrats. Thus @TheDemocrats won…a mere 25% of contested races. We can do better for our citizens. https://t.co/q8fOwthvLH

— Benjamin Bryant (@bzbenbryant) November 9, 2018

Tuesday’s results in North Carolina show how gerrymandering gives the advantage to the party that drew the maps.

Multi-member districts and independent redistricting commissions would help us finally end this unfair practice. pic.twitter.com/MoKtMlvWK5

— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) November 10, 2018

North Carolina Democrats won 50% of the House votes, but only 23% of the House seats. Why? Extreme gerrymandering. #FairMaps https://t.co/nWJCCcLeRM

— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) November 10, 2018

Gerrymandering kept Democrats from winning even more seats Tuesday. Just look at North Carolina, @tomTMwolf Peter Miller write https://t.co/7nrfWgStDA

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) November 9, 2018

Without gerrymandering the Democratic wave on Tuesday would have been larger – all around the country. Look at North Carolina. https://t.co/jxVDntgB37

— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) November 9, 2018

Thread by @goodoldcatchy: "GERRYMANDERING IN NORTH CAROLINA – A THREAD It’s often said that congressional voting districts in some states arene such state is North Carolina. Let’s look at the situation there, and how it affects elections and seats wo […]" https://t.co/ZFtUEq6fq2

— Djenski (@Dejenski) November 10, 2018

Maryland congressional map thrown out by judges

Gerrymandering is wrong, no matter which party does it. The Maryland map, done by Democrats, should be thrown out. Most gerrymandering has been done by Republicans.

A three-judge panel of a federal court on Wednesday threw out Maryland’s congressional map, reviving the legal fight over partisan gerrymandering just one day after the 2018 midterm electionshttps://t.co/EuYLkmMro7

— POLITICO (@politico) November 7, 2018

Excellent background on gerrymandering

Below is an excerpt from my new book — part of the chapter about how Dems got caught napping by GOP gerrymandering strategy, and how we're still paying the price for it today. If you liked, you can pick up the book here: https://t.co/rWsq7vUAaG https://t.co/lG97wQYfTk

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) November 4, 2018

What’s next in the fight against gerrymandering

What comes next in the fight against partisan gerrymandering (@johnmsides) https://t.co/odnwaH8z35

— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) October 13, 2018

North Carolina court strikes down map again

Opinion: Fair elections just won a victory in the courts. Now the Republican assault begins. https://t.co/LjXlRCxde3

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 28, 2018

Federal judges have affirmed their earlier decision striking North Carolina's congressional districts as unconstitutional because Republicans drew them with excessive partisanship. https://t.co/waDdB7ISlo

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 28, 2018

Here's how gerrymandered North Carolina's congressional map is. Republicans won 10 of 13 seats in 2016 despite Trump's narrow win statewide. A nonpartisan map like the one below could have seen Dems win 2-5 more districts had it been in effect this decade https://t.co/bjwahIZyEZ pic.twitter.com/yI2LczFwpx

— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) August 27, 2018

If North Carolina were required to redistrict, would be worth another ~2 seats or so for Democrats. Although with a high margin for error because of all of this happening at such a late date. https://t.co/uSQZ9IsPyX

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) August 27, 2018

Under somewhat similar circumstances in 1996 in Texas, the state held nonpartisan blanket primaries (basically what they do in Louisiana) on the November election date and then runoffs in December in cases where no candidate won a majority.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) August 27, 2018

BREAKING: Federal court rules that plaintiffs in North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case have standing to pursue claims (with one exception) and affirms earlier ruling that congressional map is unconstitutional. https://t.co/kHGyAQUnds #fairmaps 1/

— Michael Li (@mcpli) August 27, 2018

The federal court is not ruling out throwing out North Carolina's current congressional plan for the 2018 election. Raises possibility of having a primary in November, followed by a general election before the new congress is seated.

— Sam Levine (@srl) August 27, 2018

Since Republicans took over North Carolina's legislature in 2010 & began their all-out assault on democracy, they have gerrymandered:
Congress
State legislature
County commissions
City councils
School boards
District courts
All but the last have gotten struck down at least once

— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) August 27, 2018

Court says it has not yet decided whether to give the North Carolina legislature the opportunity to attempt to redraw congressional map, but says that if the NC lege wants to redraw map it needs to finish process by 9/17 at 5 p.m. #fairmaps 3/ pic.twitter.com/Jq2r8uWk5a

— Michael Li (@mcpli) August 27, 2018

North Carolina Republicans literally admitted to partisan gerrymandering to defend themselves from racial gerrymandering claims. They stated loudly that they drew a 10R-3D gerrymander because they (rightly) thought 11R-2D was impossible https://t.co/7X1KVOMaX2

— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) August 27, 2018

BREAKING: Federal court strikes down North Carolina's congressional districts due to partisan gerrymandering.

See how NC's districts have changed over time ↓https://t.co/WP4uz9QgiI pic.twitter.com/V056oyglHW

— ACLU (@ACLU) August 27, 2018