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Marthe48

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7. The Ohio Supreme Court ordered Ohio

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 12:48 PM

Jul 6

to redraw the maps at least twice since 2016. The r majority ignored the ruling. gym jordan's district is one of the worst offenders of gerrymandering in the U.S. It is shaped like a duck:

https://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/2019/05/readers-say-marcy-kaptur-jim-jordan-have-ohios-worst-gerrymandered-congressional-districts.html

People who are not rwnj are disenfranchised and losing more ground every election. The Ohio supreme court is now ruled by rwnj judges who are in step with the rw agenda. I'm a life-long resident of this state and it wasn't like this until rw radio and other crap poisoned the residents.

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GOP eyes redistricting in Ohio and Texas as it looks to bolster slim majority [View all] BumRushDaShow Jul 6 OP

Cheating to win is the GOP way. Irish_Dem Jul 6 #1

To be fair Dems do this too. My traditional red district in Frederick County, MD was gerrymandered a number of years ago Gimpyknee Jul 6 #3

True, but MD is an outlier among Democratic-majority states. Many Democratic states have far more objective protocols in Martin68 Jul 6 #11

As a Marylander Klaus Hergersheimer Jul 6 #13

Sigh lonely bird Jul 6 #2

Wash, rinse, repeat Capt. America Jul 6 #6

Ohio is already heavily gerrymandered, so is Texas for that matter Deminpenn Jul 6 #4

Republicans motto is if you can't win fair then cheat. cstanleytech Jul 6 #5

The Ohio Supreme Court ordered Ohio Marthe48 Jul 6 #7

Agreed lonely bird Jul 6 #8

Washington County where I live Marthe48 Jul 6 #9

Any sign they are worried about their bullet-proof majority is a good sign. Martin68 Jul 6 #10

The Fascist-6 are waiting in the wings wolfie001 Jul 6 #12

Fucking JustAnotherGen Jul 7 #14

Republicans are trying to further gerrymander a state that already has districts that look like this: LetMyPeopleVote Jul 10 #15

Texas Redistricting-As a voting rights volunteer, I was amused to learn a new term "dummymander" LetMyPeopleVote Jul 11 #16

May they gerrymander 90% of their seats down to 5-point margins prior to a 10-point electoral loss 0rganism Jul 12 #17