Comments on: Redistricting Hardball http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/08/05/redistricting-hardball/ Reality-based political commentary Fri, 08 May 2026 01:45:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/08/05/redistricting-hardball/#comment-220876 Kick Fri, 08 Aug 2025 04:07:16 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26664#comment-220876 Texas #SSDD Democrats need to stop talking and do something. Enough talk. Texas #SSDD

Democrats need to stop talking and do something. Enough talk.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/08/05/redistricting-hardball/#comment-220859 nypoet22 Wed, 06 Aug 2025 18:06:20 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26664#comment-220859 technology has made gerrymandering more ruthlessly effective now than at any other time in history. I've been going on for decades about how big a problem it is, and even spoke at a Florida redistricting meeting. presidents Bush and Obama both cited it as one of the main obstacles to us having a functioning government. technology has made gerrymandering more ruthlessly effective now than at any other time in history. I've been going on for decades about how big a problem it is, and even spoke at a Florida redistricting meeting. presidents Bush and Obama both cited it as one of the main obstacles to us having a functioning government.

]]> By: BashiBazouk http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/08/05/redistricting-hardball/#comment-220853 BashiBazouk Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:43:07 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26664#comment-220853 Could be interesting. Those red states have the lowest voter participation in the country. A well funded campaign of getting those who are eligible but not registered to actually vote could make this backfire. To concentrate the blue in order to have more red districts, they have to water down the red districts. It would not take that large of a percentage of the "eligible but not registered" to vote to turn red to purple and purple to blue. Maybe by this time next year those "don't care, don't vote" demographic will be pissed enough to get involved with a little well funded push... Could be interesting. Those red states have the lowest voter participation in the country. A well funded campaign of getting those who are eligible but not registered to actually vote could make this backfire. To concentrate the blue in order to have more red districts, they have to water down the red districts. It would not take that large of a percentage of the "eligible but not registered" to vote to turn red to purple and purple to blue. Maybe by this time next year those "don't care, don't vote" demographic will be pissed enough to get involved with a little well funded push...

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