Republican senators are looking for a way to avoid the political hit they took on abortion rights in the 2022 midterm election, when they suffered a net loss of one seat, as Senate Democrats ramp u…

Republican senators are looking for a way to avoid the political hit they took on abortion rights in the 2022 midterm election, when they suffered a net loss of one seat, as Senate Democrats ramp up to make it a top issue in 2024.  Republicans think they have a great opportunity to recapture the Senate next year, as…

  • makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world
    831·
    1 year ago

    “People whose job is a popularity contest shocked that their unpopular actions put their job at risk”

    I just wish their actions actually caused their support to drop proportionally but they just keep gerrymandering harder and harder to prevent themselves from facing consequences

    • ki77erb@lemmy.world
      20·
      1 year ago

      Several recent court cases are helping to fight gerrymandering. Lets hope this continues. Changing the rules/maps to disenfranchise the votes of US citizens should be illegal.

      • makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world
        13·
        1 year ago

        As a resident of one of the states that has been involved in those suits (NC) I do like that they prevented things from getting worse. However those cases won’t overturn already gerrymandered districts. In some cases courts have ruled that districts were gerrymandered and demanded new maps so every time republicans submitted even worse maps just gumming up the system until they were looked in for the next election cycle and there were no consequences

    • Ersatz86@lemmy.world
      17·
      1 year ago

      Gerrymandering and other cheating tactics do not work in the face of overwhelming majorities.

      So vote. And hound your friends to vote.

      And consider writing letters to motivate strangers to vote as well.

      • makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world
        8·
        1 year ago

        Hey, I’ve voted in every single election I was eligible for since I turned 18! Still, there seems to be around 30% of America fully convinced that everyone with D after their name is backed by Satan. I just don’t think there’s any changing their mind and that doesn’t even account for the “reasonable” republicans. Aka, people with the same beliefs, they just know not to shout it all the time

      • spectre@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 year ago

        gerrymandering also doesn’t have any effect on the senate. i feel like 90% of people on the internet who talk about gerrymandering have no idea what it is