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calimary

(81,139 posts)
21. It would be mighty nice to have a Dem in the governor's mansion there,
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 12:33 PM
Jun 2018

especially when the next census is taken. There always seem to be complications - some of them rather suspicious (talkin' to YOU, Kenneth Blackwell!). It'd be great to have a Democratic governor overseeing all that, this time.

You've GOTTA have Dems win the tens. The "zero years" - 2020, 2030, 2040, 2050, etc. The CENSUS is taken every ten years. If a Democrat is in charge at the statehouse when the census is taken, its results determine reapportionment of Congressional districts. As we've seen again and again and again, if the GOP controls the governor's chair, there WILL be gerrymandering of districts to benefit the CONS. They will do everything they can to rig the game in their favor, in the ways they re-draw the districts to conform to changes in population numbers. We've SEEN this. And while there are challenges being filed, and court cases being won, those thing take time.


There are several governorships that the GOP is really sweating about right now. bearsfootball516 Jun 2018 #1
And Michigan too! UrbScotty Jun 2018 #2
He woke up a wave.........................and waves can drown people................. turbinetree Jun 2018 #4
well said onetexan Jun 2018 #14
Your welcome turbinetree Jun 2018 #20
Even here in Michigan, I've found DeWine to be one of the more craven UrbScotty Jun 2018 #3
Fuck Scheutte. roamer65 Jun 2018 #13
Trust me True Blue American Jun 2018 #15
Talk About a Career Politician! DoctorJoJo Jun 2018 #5
Did you read True Blue American Jun 2018 #16
Please God...let our long State nightmare of eight years of Kasich end... Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #6
Good luck Ohio Democrats FakeNoose Jun 2018 #7
When I was growing up in Dayton in the 50's and 60's all the factory wasupaloopa Jun 2018 #8
That was before the end of the fairness doctrine sharedvalues Jun 2018 #11
That is because Rhodes was actually True Blue American Jun 2018 #17
Be careful, Ohio Democrats. murielm99 Jun 2018 #9
We voted for a Committee to over see Redistricting in May. True Blue American Jun 2018 #19
Register register register voters. sharedvalues Jun 2018 #10
Thank you, SharedValues, for that -- and the quote at the end in particular DemocracyMouse Jun 2018 #12
It does. sandensea Jun 2018 #18
It would be mighty nice to have a Dem in the governor's mansion there, calimary Jun 2018 #21
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