Nach wochenlangem Aufbau und einer verpassten selbst gesetzten Frist vom 30. Januar veröffentlichten die Demokraten von Virginia am Donnerstagabend endlich ihre lang erwartete überarbeitete Kongresskarte und schlugen eine aggressive 10:1-Konfiguration vor, die 10 der 11 US-Repräsentantenhausbezirke des Bundesstaates in Richtung ihrer Partei tendieren würde. Am 6. Februar 2026 stimmte die Gouverneurin von Virginia, Abigail Spanberger, dem Referendum zur Neuverteilung der Bezirke zu, während ein Rechtsstreit anhängig war. Sofern es zugelassen wird, wird über das Referendum am 21. April 2026 abgestimmt.
Von theprez98
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Donny boy came up with this redistricting for direct personal benefit, let him and his party eat it now
The Virginia Supreme Court has to decide if it’s legal or not soon.
Somebody must’ve hired Illinois Dems to draw this map
Gerrymandering’s a wild ride, huh? Virginia be playin‘ Monopoly with those districts!
They intentionally didn’t make it as aggressive of a gerrymander as they could, some seats are not safe, and 3 of them would flip red in 2021. I’m assuming this is in a bid to get the courts to keep it, like “See? Republicans can win in a good year!”
Texas started the war. Gerrymandering for everyone
That looks *ok* except for 6. I also don’t know the main makeup of each area. In the US we love squares except for congressional districts
will this be in time for the election in nov?
Anything but proportional representation.
Im not super familiar with virginia demographics but as far as I know democrats strongholds are in the north due to dc and the east due to Richmond and Norfolk. How safe are some of these more western districts like 6, 5, and 4
gotta love those maps that look like abstract art
This map is bad. That is why all those who are against it should support the Redistricting Reform Act to prevent more of these types of maps from happening in the future.
Democrats invented it.
Virginia literally had the fairest map in the country. Until the Dems get 91% of the house vote, this map will remain a shameless display of hypocrisy from the party that is trying to “save” democracy.
It’s funny to see fully half the districts making that little tiny thrust up into Fairfax county.
I mean, sure, obviously the map is shameless, but clearly what Texas did was going to kick off a gerrymandering arms race. Hard for me to feel strongly about it given the broader context.
I will say gerrymandering is a race to the bottom. Even if we end up with the exact same balance of power in the house between D and R, it’s still bad for voters.
The problem is, there aren’t really any incentives to abandon it as far as I can see. At any given time, one party will likely think they are achieving a partisan advantage from gerrymandering and seek to block nationwide efforts at reform.
it’s so interesting to watch all these other states get gerrymandered as a north carolinian. we’ve gone through like 6 different maps since the 2010 census and at some point i just became desensitized to it as a whole. maybe if we’re lucky the extreme amount of gerrymandering nationwide will lead to actual election reform (doubtfully though)
Would prefer 11-0 but I’ll take it.
*sips tea*
Thanks Texas!
That sucks. Surely republicans and MAGA will agree gerrymandering should be banned, right?
All aboard the FAFO train! Woo woo!
Fuck em. Let’s go!
Hmmm lemme guess the republican district…. Is it 9?
Instead of this, we should be pushing for proportional representation. Same number of reps per state, but the number from each party would be determined by statewide election results. (I.e. 54% of votes went to Dems, so 54% of the reps are Dems, etc).
I’m beginning to think Dems were never against gerrymandering. They were just against the other guy doing it.
Not that it’s good when Republicans do it either. It’s all bullshit, but nobody’s gonna do shit about it cause they both like doing it. It’s all performative.