Democrats MIGHT win a bare majority in the VA House of Delegates on a night where the top of the ticket won by 9 pts. They might still lose! And this proves that gerrymandering doesn't matter.
Strongly disagree. It takes a wave (and often lawsuits to mitigate the worst culprits)https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/928078406541029378 …
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Apparently people can't tell that I'm actually mocking Barro. Gerrymandering is the main reason why it's up in the air whether Dems win the HoD
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Remember, always find a way to explain that Democrats are wrong.
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Look, Dem margins would have been much larger if they’d just been nicer about the statues and stuff. Really gotta rethink their stance.
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Also, we'd fairly have more seats tonight but for gerrymandering.
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Serious. If a team wins a football game but know a ref was crooked, doesn't mean you don't try to get fairer ref
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Oh god no, gerrymandering is a real, and offensive, distraction
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Plus imagine the dog stomp if these states weren’t gerrymandered.
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Disagree. Gerrymandering leads to discontinuous election results. In normal times Rs win 55-45 but when wave is +10 Rs are completely wiped out. When you account for incumbency advantage, Rs will face greater wipeout than voteshare would predict.
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Also, pretty small sample size to be making this assertion.
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Agree w
@rickhasan We should worry more about gerrymandering so we never find ourselves: 1. This close to the brink again 2. So disproportionately represented 3. So polarized It’s less a partisan issue than a basic democracy and voting rights issueThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Right. Winning state-wide or 50-50 is not a test of gerrymandering.
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@jbarro I'd disgree also. But, I wonder if it will still be used to help make the case for the defense in Gill v. Whitford? - 1 more reply
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I'm shocked that Josh "Elites are actually good" Barro thinks voter suppression of poor people and minorities is not a big deal
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I won’t say that Dems shouldn’t worry about gerrymandering, but rigged districts are often highly correlated. That makes them susceptible to waves crashing over many shores in one election.
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