wsheldon@lemm.ee to Nebraska@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 month agoNebraska Republican Mike McDonnell against Electoral College changethehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down11
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkNebraska Republican Mike McDonnell against Electoral College changethehill.comwsheldon@lemm.ee to Nebraska@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareexpr@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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-up3·edit-21 month agowym this is a very regular shape https://nebraskalegislature.gov/media/images/maps/2021/congress/dist1_11x17.png /s
minus-squareexpr@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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?
minus-squarewsheldon@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month agowym this is a very regular shape /s edit: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/media/images/maps/2021/congress/dist1_11x17.png because that image is not showing up.
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?
wym this is a very regular shape
/s
edit: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/media/images/maps/2021/congress/dist1_11x17.png because that image is not showing up.