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SSJVegeta

(3,137 posts)
1. Not only could it be appealed but public opinion is such a way that any gerrymandering the GOP does
Fri May 8, 2026, 03:44 PM
May 8

Will usually do more harm than good

Fiendish Thingy

(24,083 posts)
4. The GOP isn't going to do any gerrymandering in VA
Fri May 8, 2026, 03:47 PM
May 8

The link explains how Dems will flip seat without gerrymandering.

SSJVegeta

(3,137 posts)
5. Im talking about outside of VA
Fri May 8, 2026, 03:57 PM
May 8

Im just saying regardless of if dems gerrymander in VA -not only would they flip seats there as your article says, but the gop gerrymanders are also likely to work largely in dems favor by flipping normally safe seats.

Ocelot II

(131,241 posts)
2. Thanks for turning a hose on some of the burning hair around here.
Fri May 8, 2026, 03:46 PM
May 8

The decision was bad, yes; but things are seldom either as bad (or as good) as they seem. We carry on...

mr715

(4,161 posts)
3. It is going to be a Democratic year
Fri May 8, 2026, 03:47 PM
May 8

I expect many of the GOP redistricted seats to end up dummymandered. While VA is a setback it doesn't change the underlying reality that we're going to be taking back the House. With shifts like we've been seeing, it seems to me this is the dumbest possible election to experiment with redistricting on the GOP side.

We shall see... I predict a robust majority.

EdmondDantes_

(2,084 posts)
6. But panic and despair is so much more useful
Fri May 8, 2026, 04:31 PM
May 8

Definitely better than doing the hard work of getting out the vote and working to build the party so we don't have a bunch of states where the only way we can win a district is by packing our voters into one district.

kentuck

(115,635 posts)
7. Will it go to the Supreme Court?
Fri May 8, 2026, 04:37 PM
May 8

How could they rule against Virginia and not Louisiana, where at least 45,000 people had already voted when the Governor stopped the election entirely?

FBaggins

(28,763 posts)
13. No
Fri May 8, 2026, 06:15 PM
May 8

It’s a state Supreme Court ruling on the state’s constitution. We could ask… but I doubt even one justice would vote to hear it. There is no federal constitutional issue

bluestarone

(22,466 posts)
8. I'm confused. Didn't this state supreme court already rule in favor of the Virginia voters?
Fri May 8, 2026, 04:38 PM
May 8

Did they then rule a second time?

Innocent Smith

(499 posts)
12. Earlier ruling was to let the vote happen
Fri May 8, 2026, 05:32 PM
May 8

The earlier decision by the VA Supreme Court was to let the vote on redistricting happen. They said they would rule on whether it was constitutional if the measure passed.

FBaggins

(28,763 posts)
14. No... they stayed a lower court's ruling against us
Fri May 8, 2026, 06:15 PM
May 8

But that was temporary while they considered this ruling

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