I'm sure this tweet sums up the opinion most of us have on gerrymandering in general, and on the tit-for-tat that Greg Abbott and Gavin Newsom are engaging in at this present time.
Part of the problem is that gerrymandering will continue to exist as long as the USA keeps tying congressional representation to winner-takes-all geography, instead of apportioning out representatives according to percentage of votes. And since I don't see that ever changing short of the whole country getting a factory reset, that's the reality we need to deal with.
When I lived in Oklahoma, I effectively had no representation in Congress throughout almost all of my adult life there. Oklahoma has five seats in the house. Thirty percent of the state still votes Democratic. They have a solid red delegation in Congress. If seats were apportioned fairly, there would be at least one Democratic Representative for Oklahoma. At the state level, Republicans are likewise overrepresented in Oklahoma City. And you talk about people holding contempt for people who don't vote like them, Oklahoma Republicans regularly insult their Democratic constituents and tell them to leave Oklahoma if they don't like it there. And when people oblige them and leave, they get even pissier about it.
Last edited by SanAndreasX - on 20 August 2025
