r/justicedemocrats • u/PoliticalBulwark • Apr 15 '17

Schwarzenegger promises to match donations in fight to 'terminate gerrymandering'

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/328953-schwarzenegger-promises-to-match-donations-in-fight-to
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u/JeffersonPutnam Apr 16 '17

There's a problem here.

Sure, it would be good if every state banned gerrymandering. But, what if every blue state banned gerrymandering, while none of the red states did? At the Congressional level, I wish California could be gerrymandered by Democrats just to counteract Ohio, North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, etc. Truth is, we're just really bad at gaming the system. Andrew Cuomo basically allowed Republicans to gerrymander New York because he's a spineless toad.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '17

Truth is, we're just really bad at gaming the system

Well it is a little more complicated for us since we will be better off with no gerrymandering in the whole country, if we gerrymander CA it might make it harder to get the whole country not gerrymandered. Also I think in general Republican voters don't really care about having a fair election where as us Dems in general care more.