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In reply to the discussion: Voters made a huge mistake by putting Repubs in charge of the House. [View all]aggiesal
(8,911 posts)Besides, these gerrymandered districts will not stay that way for the next 10 years.
Some, like Texas have already been ruled to be racial in their makeup.
The latino voter had the largest increase in Texas during the 2000's.
When the 2010 census was published, in theory, there should have been another
half-dozen democratic districts, maybe more. But the Texas legislature (mostly
republican) gerrymandered the state so badly that latinos are not equally represented.
It was taken to court and in fact was found to be anti-hispanic,
http://open.salon.com/blog/steve_klingaman/2012/08/29/anti-hispanic_gerrymandering_struck_down_in_texas
The same was being done in Colorado, that when they went to court,
the court actually selected the version of the map the Democrats had proposed.
It's happening in Georgia as well. So hopefully, with the help of an honest court,
Republican Gerrymandering will be stricken down and some semblance of a more
democratic districts will emerge in time for the 2014 elections.