In Blow to Trump, Indiana Rejects GOP Gerrymander (www.democracydocket.com)

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But in the end, the vote wasn’t even close: 31-19, with 21 Republicans joining all 10 Democrats in opposition. In fact, more GOP Hoosiers voted against the measure than for it.

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[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago

Jesus the quotes in this article are a real bleak loom into how fucked we are as a country:

“Some will say these maps are political. Let me be clear,” Sen. Chris Garten (R), another backer, said as he slapped the lectern. “You’re God damn right they are!”

and also:

“President Trump has made it clear to Indiana leaders: if the Indiana Senate fails to pass the map, all federal funding will be stripped from the state,” Heritage Action wrote on X. “Roads will not be paved. Guard bases will close. Major projects will stop. These are the stakes and every NO vote will be to blame.”

[-] Pacers31Colts18@piefed.social 12 points 1 month ago

Jokes on him. Indiana roads already suck ass.

[-] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

I love how it papers over the fact the Republicans in Congress have abdicated all duty and made their own leader a king.

Also, I would hazard that heritage action is some bullshit foreign account? Maybe Nigeria?

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Did they remove that feature that told everyone most MAGA mouthpieces were foreign actors?

[-] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Sounds like it's just a media arm of the Heritage Foundation (Koch's are major backers), which is just homegrown fascism. No need to outsource that one.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

No matter how you look at it, this is a headline that contain the words "Trump" and "blow" in the same sentence.

Nice little bonus that it happens to be a situation where cheeto mcpedo doesn't get his way.

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

The proposed map would have targeted Indiana’s two Democratic U.S. representatives to hand all 9 seats to the GOP. Around 45% of Indiana’s party-affiliated voters are Democrats.

So 45% of the constituents, 22% of the representatives.

Sounds to me like they approved a GOP-gerrymandered map.

[-] Cricket@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

So 45% of the constituents, 22% of the representatives.

That's not what that sentence is saying. Note the "party-affiliated" qualifier. I checked and according to the first search result I found 25% of Indiana voters are registered Democrat, 31% are registered Republican, and 44% are "unaffiliated".

Source: https://independentvoterproject.org/voter-stats/in

[-] minorkeys@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I think they mean keeping the current one is also gerrymandered.

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Correct.

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That is exactly what the sentence is saying, unless you have reason to believe that the politics of the “unaffiliated” are drastically different from the affiliated. Going by your logic you would need to assume that the 44% unaffiliated are all republicans, which is very unlikely.

Certainly it seems to be close to the presidential election results over the last 20+ years, at 58-40-2 for republican-democrat-other, respectively.

Edit: and indeed, if you add up the 2024 congressional results you get 58-39-3 percent.

[-] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 month ago

Dang, literacy sure comes in handy over jumping to conclusions.

[-] slothrop@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

It ain't over until the obese treasonous traitor lying coward rapist convicted felon sings.

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

This bottle of wine has already aged more than I would prefer

[-] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

"When will I get credit for having created, with No Inflation, perhaps the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country?" Trump wrote, with characteristic hyperbole, in a post on his Truth Social network.

[-] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Hyperbole. Yeah, that's what that was. Totally. Just some overexaggeration for dramatic effect.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Huh, usually Trump's the one doing the blowing.

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