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EdmondDantes_

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3. Because there's fewer opportunities for us to match

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 03:43 PM

14 hrs ago

Not just because as others noted Republicans control more unified state legislatures, but also the impact isn't the same. Republicans dividing up majority minority districts will create more Republican districts. If we do the opposite and create more majority minority districts that would ironically increase Republicans in liberal states by pushing more reliable Democratic votes into fewer districts.

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Some please help me understand. re:SCOTUS voting rights ruling. [View all] Ferrets are Cool 16 hrs ago OP

More states have GOP legislatures than Democratic states. So it favors the GOP. LeftInTX 16 hrs ago #1

Scrying out loud ::: Trevor sees SCOTUS voting rights ruling VERY differently (post by liberalla) usonian 15 hrs ago #2

Trevor should probably stick to tarot card reading. The ruling was a disaster FBaggins 8 hrs ago #5

Because there's fewer opportunities for us to match EdmondDantes_ 14 hrs ago #3

It does. Fiendish Thingy 14 hrs ago #4