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All of these opinions miss the point of the impact of favorably gerrymandered political districts. Let us also NOT forget the tactic of interfering with the census and the impact of those actions on future outcomes as well!

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Nov 8, 2020

Except the argument here isn’t ideological- are purple communities not on the internet? You can run a moderate message & not change it at all & my message still applies. Dems must run like it’s 2020, not like it’s 2005. That has nothing to do with ideology. It’s about capacity. twitter.com/PaulRieckhoff/…

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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I agree! Prioritizing state legislatures and fighting for census integrity are critical to changing this entire dynamic - the entire House being gerrymandered for GOP favorability has shifted both parties to the right.

4:23 PM · Nov 9, 2020

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Actually many states have independent redistributing commissions.

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How many of the house seats lost were in gerrymandered districts? End deep red gerrymandered districts. Register as a Republican and vote in every primary for moderate Republicans in gerrymandered districts. Once into the general vote your choice.

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Which is why we needed a blue wave to retake state houses. Now we're going to be fucked for another decade.

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Why does anyone but an independent electoral commission get to change voting district boundaries ?

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And that's where we failed. If Republicans redraw districts again, it's another ten years of more of the same. There's no more worse example than Wisconsin. A state split between the two parties with almost a super majority of Republicans in control.

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What laws can you pass to limit gerrymandering?

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It is tied to housing and therefore indirectly to public/ private schools.

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Thankfully and hopefully Michigan's new Redistricting Commission will fix a horribly gerrymandered Mitten to create districts where the best ideas and candidates are chosen by the voters, not where the politicians choose their voters.

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Thanks AOC! Keep FIGHTING