1. El Gerrymandering como Destructor Fundamental de la Democracia.
El consenso general en el archivo es que la manipulación de distritos es inherentemente antidemocrática, ya que permite a los políticos elegir a sus votantes en lugar de lo contrario. Se describe como una amenaza existencial que socava la representación justa y la integridad del sistema.
- Gerrymandering is an attack on our democracy.
- Gerrymandering kills democracy.
- Gerrymandering is not democracy. One person one vote is.
- Gerrymandering totally distorts and corrupts democracy. Politicians get to pick their voters. That is bass-ackwards.
- Gerrymandering is a cancer on our democracy.
2. La Respuesta Partidista: "Luchar Fuego con Fuego".
Ante la agresiva redistribución de distritos impulsada por el GOP, muchos demócratas y activistas argumentan que la única forma de salvar la democracia es adoptando tácticas similares. Esta estrategia, aunque vista como "anti-democrática" en principio, se justifica como una medida desesperada para evitar la consolidación del poder autoritario.
- Were at war for democracy. Use the tools you have.
- Gerrymandering is not a race to the bottom - its our only hope to save democracy.
- Refusing to gerrymander given the current situation would be completely unethical and disgusting. We dont live in a normal democracy and the rule book is thrown out.
- Dems need to go into the crevasse. If they want to end gerrymandering, they need to show republicans in practice why gerrymandering is antithetical to democracy.
- Supporters of democracy cant unilaterally disarm.
3. El Rol de Trump, el GOP y la Corte Suprema.
Donald Trump es señalado como el catalizador de la actual crisis, al ordenar a los estados controlados por el GOP que redibujen los mapas a mitad de ciclo para asegurar una mayoría en la Cámara de Representantes en 2026. La Corte Suprema es criticada por permitir que el gerrymandering partidista prospere, mientras que Marc Elias y Democracy Docket lideran la defensa legal.
- Trump urged gop-led states to redraw us house districts now other states also are gerrymandering this trend is destroying rep govt democracy.
- The aggressive and openly corrupt gerrymandering by republicans in texas, north carolina, and missouri is really a series of nails in the coffin of us democracy.
- Gerrymandering destroys democracy.and the vote. Blame the fucking republican supremely corrupted court.
- The wrong being done to our democracy is that gerrymandering has the blessing of our federal judiciary.
- Republicans keep gerrymandering and i keep suing. That was subject of my latest democracy docket piece.
4. Batallas Estatales y la Defensa de la Representación.
La lucha se manifiesta en varios estados, con Carolina del Norte (NC) y Texas (TX) como ejemplos de gerrymandering agresivo del GOP, y California (CA) y Virginia (VA) como estados azules que responden. La resistencia en Indiana (IN) y el debate en Maryland (MD) muestran la división interna sobre la necesidad de contraatacar.
- North carolina republicans new gerrymandered map flies in the face of our democracy. Its nothing more than a shameful and corrupt power grab that disfranchises black voters.
- Virginia democrats just took a major step toward redrawing the states congressional mapa move to counter years of gop gerrymandering in states like texas and missouri.
- Indiana gov mike braun is threatening that trump will punish indiana if they fail to redistrict. -- yes, going against the clear wishes of the states voters.
- Maryland governor on redistricting trump is not going to choose what our democracy looks like.
- The three biggest threats to our democracy come not from voter fraud which is astonishingly rare but from gerrymandering and voter suppression.