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SYFROYH

(34,204 posts)
Mon Sep 13, 2021, 02:13 PM Sep 2021

AJC: Path to Republican U.S. House majority boosted by Georgia redistricting


ouch.

In an effort to take over Congress, Republicans are looking to redraw the maps of two key Georgia suburban districts that were once solid GOP territory and the political base for then-U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

If successful, Republican redistricting efforts this fall could help reverse recent gains by Democrats who flipped the seats in north metro Atlanta through the election of Lucy McBath in 2018 and Carolyn Bourdeaux in 2020.

The GOP sees redistricting as an opportunity to regain an advantage after Democrats won over an electorate that became more diverse with Black, Asian and Latino voters over the past 10 years. Georgia Republicans have control over redistricting in the General Assembly, where their majority gives them the power to create maps that add more conservative voters and shrink the number of liberals.

https://www.ajc.com/politics/path-to-republican-us-house-majority-boosted-by-georgia-redistricting/ELVWVNOXMZEOFO5AZ34ACGATRE/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_2866222


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AJC: Path to Republican U.S. House majority boosted by Georgia redistricting (Original Post) SYFROYH Sep 2021 OP
One person, one vote. secondwind Sep 2021 #1
New York better get rid of a republican seat jimfields33 Sep 2021 #2
I would like to see JustAnotherGen Sep 2021 #3
Would serve him right. jimfields33 Sep 2021 #4
CRAP! This is just spitting in the FACE of a democratic system! 70sEraVet Sep 2021 #5

jimfields33

(19,188 posts)
2. New York better get rid of a republican seat
Mon Sep 13, 2021, 02:34 PM
Sep 2021

Any blue state should as well. In California they can be completely locked out. They practically are now.

70sEraVet

(4,188 posts)
5. CRAP! This is just spitting in the FACE of a democratic system!
Mon Sep 13, 2021, 05:58 PM
Sep 2021

Lets get the For The People Act passed!

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