Lol

Reminds me of the stupid Nate Silver Atlas

useful but it's retarded nevertheless, a lot of the "Republican gerrymander" maps are less partisan than non-gerrymandered maps

oh yeah, that's the thing

because of the fact that the Democratic base is concentrated within cities, it's hard to gerrymander for that

you'd have to draw the lines such that areas within a city swallow enough of a rural area to make it obsolete, while not risking the rural area overcoming the city

Even if they just make small changes that is a huge dent to Republicans

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redistricting-maps/#Dem

Also they can do some crazy shit

IMO it would be the most fair if the map was like this

RIP our chances of winning an election

The house is red because we took so many states in 2010 and decided the map

Virginia is getting redrawn once Democrats take the state leg there in 2019

VA Senate is definately going blue

Just 2 districts need to flip in that chamber and Northam carried way more than that

"RIP our chances of winning an election"

"VA Senate is definately going blue"

cut that retarded defeatist bullshit out

@Deleted User I agree, it would be best if we used computers to draw the maps, rather than people

Notice that if you draw them with algorithms, the GOP only loses 2 seats.

3 with county borders factored

All but an outright Democrat gerrymander turns the map red

@Deleted User PA is getting redrawn too with a huge boost to Democrats.

@zakattack04 I think the PA redistricting just makes everything more compact

@Deleted User No it helps democrats.

so the GOP favored areas will be solidly red, and the Democratic favored areas are solidly blue

I read an entire article on Slate I think showing how it'll help democrats a ton.

I mean, it takes away gerrymandering in our favor

But it gives more districts to the Democrats

it's a net loss for us

@zakattack04 Before the map was redrawn, Democrats needed a 8-point generic ballot to win, now they only need 7 points

@🎃Boo-ton🎃 And the average swing has been 20 points so far?

yes

Fuck me.

How many seats do they take with a 20 point swing?

@zakattack04

*dies*

What is that like a 40 seat swing?

or 50

I really doubt Montana will go blue though