And I agree no one thing can stop the blue tsunami. But lots of little things can. Gerrymandering, voter suppression, voter roll purges, misinformation campaigns, disinformation campaigns, armed goons at voting sites, another pandemic, targeted terrorist attacks by domestic terrorists, and the list goes on. This has always been their approach- by any and all means.
Thank you for your optimistic posts. I very much hope you are correct yet again!

For example, in GA, voter suppression laws have been in effect since before the 2024 election, yet voters elected 3 democrats to a utilities commission that had been solid republican for 30+ years.

I do appreciate having this laid out for us.. I’m cautiously optimistic for the reasons clearly stated by you that things will go well in spite of the recent gerrymandering, but I’m not sure what tactical edge certainty in the face of uncertainty gives us. I do like the enthusiasm though and your post lifted my spirits in light of recent redistricting successes and failures by the two parties.

It could impact republicans as much or more than Dems, depending a lot a variables, some controllable, some not.

Americans are pissed. Over turning an election, it's will not fly.

Friends in VA, are angry.

The country is not happy. We are run by psychopaths - current government, US SC.

Virginia, despite today’s ruling, looks to flip at least 2 seats, possibly up to 4 seats that are with that 15-30 point over performance margin.

I just feel a little deflated. I'm sitting here wondering if people in "red" districts are bothered at all by what we're seeing. This is disgusting stuff. Anyone paying attention shouldn't be OK with other Americans being treated this way. A great way to show their disapproval would be to vote blue, even if they normally vote red. I guess we'll see.

Many of the Dem wins over the past year would be mathematically impossible without republicans voting blue.

and the governor stopped the election so that the legislature could gerrymander. This cannot be swept under the rug with the notion that people will be pissed at what Magats did in Louisiana.

3 million people in Virginia went to the polls and voted to draw up new maps. The Va. SC nullified the election, nullified the will of the people of Virginia. This must not be swept under the rug by saying what 3 Magat judges did will piss people off in Virginia. We have to hope that the Supreme Court overturns the Va. SC.

Magat controlled states are not even bothering to put redistricting up for a vote, the state legislatures are simply passing new maps. This cannot just be swept under the rug. Democratic states that use non-partisan commissions to draw their maps are going to have to fight fire with fire and do away with these commissions to compensate for what Magat states are doing.

Everything is not coming up roses, we need to bring a gun to a gun fight.

I'd like to be optimistic, but I'm more realistic. They know all those things too. And will work to overcome whatever we do. So I don't see it as helpful when some say "we just need to GOTV" and then sit back and relax.

Also, MAGAts don't care if they piss us off. I think they actually enjoy that.

Tennessee just redrew Memphis, sliced it up into 3 pieces and ran the pieces out into rural red Magat country.

The next step will be to remove voting machines in Memphis and move them to rural Magat country which will create 6 hour voting lines in the city.

...or send in ICE agents to polling places in the city to cause havoc.

Saying everything will be just fine condones rigging elections.

They never stop. I'd like to be optimistic, but I really can't.

I’m not claiming, nor is anyone else I can see, that Dems will win because people are pissed off at gerrymandering.

Dems will win, are winning, because in addition to having a more motivated voter base, The Trump-induced, republican- enabled, suffering is spreading across all regional, racial and partisan boundaries.

The shitty economy is making everybody miserable, and they are blaming republicans.

That, in a nutshell, is why Dems are going to win.

Krasnov will burn it all down and then People will vote for Democrats?

That's a bad strategy. Our house (country) is on fire we shouldn't stand back and let it burn down and then blame the arsonists.

JFC

I’m telling you that right now the people are blaming the republicans for their suffering, and that’s going to help Democrats win in November.

This is a thread about the impact of gerrymandering on the midterm elections.

With that context in mind, what the hell does this mean:

voting patterns in 24. All signs are, they have lost the Hispanic vote.

Someone here noted that 80 GOP seats were won by 10% or less in 24. With the margins we are seeing in special elections, as you note . . .

To me rigging means altering vote totals.

Yes there is suppression, gerrymandering and ratfuckery aplenty, but when you use the term “rigging”, that implies a helplessness of the voters, of the people, and it’s simply not true.

When the conditions for voting are different for Democrats than for Republicans, that is rigging. When Democrats have to wait for 6 - 7 hours to cast a vote and republicans don't that is rigging.

The governor of Louisiana canceled an election where thousands of people had already voted nullifying their votes, that is rigging.

By the bye, Kamala Harris won the election.

I never count my hatches before they chicken.

But thank you for the discussion, Fiendish Thingy.

Since the Biden economy was doing so well.

But now, everyone is suffering, and they are blaming republicans.

9 million fewer people voted, and she lost- she admits she lost, her attorney Marc Elias admits she lost, but somehow you (and Rudy in 2020) know more about the election than the states that certified the votes?

Plenty of theories, but no evidence.

As Joe would say, C’mon man, that’s a bunch of malarkey.

Refusing to accept reality can be crippling in many ways.

You’ve made numerous barely coherent, thread hijacking posts to my OP - why not take a breath and see if there’s another topic somewhere else you can passionately discuss.

Isn’t it almost midnight your time?

And that’s not happening.

While republicans are definitely tilting the playing field, there are going to be (already have been) some surprises when the votes are counted.

When you win those light pink districts and the media narrative is how Trump is a wounded President and there is a mandate for change, relentlessly fight to expose the corruption and perversion of the courts. Make it a salient issue for everyone, not just the pseudo-wonks.

Make it so should we win the White House in 2028, we can erase Trump and protect our republic in the wake of what he has done.

When McConnell blocked Garland, the mistake Obama made was not putting forward a new appointment every day for the remaining 752 of his Presidency.

Now that the gloves are off, the Democrats need to reign in these extreme judicial activists.

It can be rolled into fighting the rampant corruption of the Trump era that has caused so much suffering for so many Americans.

It’s kind of funny, because for all the things Trump promised to do on Day One but couldn’t deliver, the next Dem president can make those promises.

Tariffs - gone on Day One
Iran war - ended on Day One, with troops on their way home, and gas prices will stop going up
ICE - ordered off the streets on Day One, investigated and prosecuted (some laws on qualified immunity might have to change)
And all those asinine EO’s that the states ignored, but some cowardly colleges, law firms and companies bent the knee to obey, gone on Day One (especially anti-DEI rules)
Rights for federal workers - restored on Day One

Of course, the damage and debris will remain, and require much work and funding to repair, and that will be the meat of the 2028 campaign, and if “Had Enough?” Is the slogan for 2026, I’ve got the perfect slogan for 2028 (albeit a little tongue in cheek):

“Democrats alone can fix it”

Okay, maybe it needs some work, but I couldn’t resist…

Blue wins when a lot of those red boxes flip.

are also all assuming that their votes fall like it's 2024. It's not. It's almost certain that some of the new districts will end up going D.

many, many of them.

Many.

Then it’s indeed possible we can undo this red redistricting gerrymandering effort. But in reality, I think the US hasn’t yet felt enough pain from what’s happened since this second term started.

I no longer trust the American voter to be informed, smart or sane

I don’t blame you for feeling this way. The American Voter is so unreliable that I put no faith in them

If there is even a 10% increase in turnout among young voters in every region, Dems win in a landslide.

To overcome the gerrymandering.

Not with Trump +20 districts swinging 15-30 points towards the Dems.

But I guess we’ll find out.

But even a slight majority in both Houses will be a big difference.

You explained it well for all of us and I hope you are an apt Nostradamus.
Cheers, oh fiendish one!

Especially in the RGV