wsheldon@lemm.ee to Nebraska@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 months agoNebraska Republican Mike McDonnell against Electoral College changethehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNebraska Republican Mike McDonnell against Electoral College changethehill.comwsheldon@lemm.ee to Nebraska@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareexpr@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIf Republicans didn’t gerrymander the fuck out of districts we’d be winning the electoral college vote for the 1st congressional district too.
minus-squarewsheldon@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agowym this is a very regular shape https://nebraskalegislature.gov/media/images/maps/2021/congress/dist1_11x17.png /s
minus-squareexpr@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIt’s actually gotten worse since then even. Sarpy county is now part of the district. They even used the new map (which of course favors Republicans) in the 2022 special election in violation of congressional rules: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Nebraska’s_1st_congressional_district_special_election. But since when have Republicans ever cared about rules?
If Republicans didn’t gerrymander the fuck out of districts we’d be winning the electoral college vote for the 1st congressional district too.
wym this is a very regular shape
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/media/images/maps/2021/congress/dist1_11x17.png
/s
It’s actually gotten worse since then even. Sarpy county is now part of the district. They even used the new map (which of course favors Republicans) in the 2022 special election in violation of congressional rules: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Nebraska’s_1st_congressional_district_special_election.
But since when have Republicans ever cared about rules?