Federal Court Strikes Down "Unconstitutional" Gerrymandering in North Carolina

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Most obscenely? Well, look at those curves!

California's Redistricting Commission was put in place in a referendum backed by Governor Schwarzenegger, because he thought the lines were too biased against Republicans. It turns out it really didn't work out that way at all here, though we did get many more competitive districts. Although some formerly competitive re-districts, like mine, are now solidly Democrat. California Republicans are hurt so much by their national brand that it's getting harder for them to compete.

To be honest, if the Democrats were better at it we'd be complaining about them, they've done it themselves as well.

The party has, as a whole, grown a profound distaste for gerrymandering. No one wants this to happen again. It's why rules like the Senate filibuster survive -- it sucks being in the minority, and you know you're going to end up there again one day. Democracy only works with cooperation, and after 2010 Republicans chose the defect strategy as often as they could. And so, most everyone's on board with reducing our power if we keep anyone from every going nuts like they did this time.