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DeminPennswoods

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7. Gerrymandering affects House seats, not Senators

Reply to Mattgoetznolovefromm (Reply #5)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 08:17 PM

Feb 2021

since they run statewide.

There are states where Rs and Ds have little chance of being elected to the Senate, but that isn't a result of gerrymandering.

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Many of the Repukes are not worried about losing re-election [View all] edhopper Feb 2021 OP

Voter suppression, gerrymandering, outright cheating. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #1

For The People Act (HR1/SR1) - call reps and senators - DEMAND they CousinIT Feb 2021 #15

For some, it's not even that complicated. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #2

For that matter, for many of them Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #3

That's true of the House members DeminPennswoods Feb 2021 #4

Not true (nt) Mattgoetznolovefromm Feb 2021 #5

Gerrymandering affects House seats, not Senators DeminPennswoods Feb 2021 #7

But a number of states are R locks. Ace Rothstein Feb 2021 #9

Voter suppression does edhopper Feb 2021 #21

It is edhopper Feb 2021 #6

Which Is Why I've Given Up On America sfstaxprep Feb 2021 #8

Where are you going? edhopper Feb 2021 #10

Thinking About Denmark sfstaxprep Feb 2021 #12

Amsterdam or Brussels edhopper Feb 2021 #17

Definitely Not Belgium sfstaxprep Feb 2021 #18

Well edhopper Feb 2021 #19

There are plenty of places in the US to live that aren't red TwilightZone Feb 2021 #13

It's The Country That I Despise sfstaxprep Feb 2021 #14

It's not the entire country. It's a subset of the country and the people who represent them. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #16

More states need to fight back as we have in Michigan. In 2018, fed-up citizens tired of GQP catbyte Feb 2021 #11

Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma? maxsolomon Feb 2021 #20