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BlueTsunami2018

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4. That's never going to happen.

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Mon May 4, 2026, 08:11 PM

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Republicans need gerrymandering to survive. While there are always going to be some hardcore republican districts and some hardcore Democratic districts, if the majority were 50/50 they’d never hold a majority again. Their policies are horrible and generally unpopular.

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Hopefully gerrymandering becomes so toxic to both parties that they eventually do a nationwide ban on it. Till then.... yourout Monday #2

That's never going to happen. BlueTsunami2018 Monday #4

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