Subj : For the Californians why
To   : POINDEXTER FORTRAN
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Sun Sep 07 2025 11:03:18

>  > To me, it doesn't really matter why Texas did it.  The fact that politician
>  > in another state -- California -- would decide that "getting back" at Texas
>  > is more important that properly representing their own voters is telling.

> Texas redistricted because Trump asked them to in order to skew the midterms -
> not to properly represent their own voters - just in case you decide to care
> why Texas did it.

While there might be alterior motives in the outcome, Texas was forced to
redistrict because the Biden admin originally sued them.  Biden's admin lost,
but the result was that Texas had to redistrict.  So this was coming
regardless of what Trump asked them to do.  Sounds like it was coming even if
Biden, or Harris, were President.

Newsome and company are just doing it to spite another state.  You don't
fix a wrong by doing voluntarily something even more wrong.

> Looking at some of the congressional districts, it's obvious both sides have
> skewed boundaries for political profit at the expense of their constituents.
> It's disingenuous to point fingers at one party and not the other.

Correct.  In Kentucky, the legislature draws districts.  The legislature
used to always be Democrat controlled and they, too, loved their
gerrymanders.  I think the last time I was aware of them doing it, they
were forced to because of a census and we were losing a seat.

At any rate, they thought they'd get creative & try to get rid of one of our 2
only Republican reps.  They screwed up.  Kentucky went from having majority
Democrat representation in the House to never having more that two Democrats
in the House at one time.

The moral of the story is, IMHO, draw districts like you are supposed to and
don't try to play games with it.

> Between campaign election finance reform, removing gerrymandering and term
> limits, the people who have the power to make the changes to save the system
> are profiting from it. I think the only solution is going to burn it all down,
> but unfortunately America's wealth will have been secured offshore by that
> point.

> It was a good run.

They can try to "remove" gerrymandering but it will always exist, in the
minds of some people, because there will always be a group that doesn't get
what they want.  I disagree with burning it all down but something drastic
needs doing when it comes to the people who are profiting from it.


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