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Fiendish Thingy

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1. If Democrats don't hold majorities in congress in 2029, it won't be due to gerrymandering
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 04:12 PM
Dec 15

As we will see next year in the midterms, republican redistricting gives the appearance of an advantage for more seats, but it actually weakens what were once extremely safe red seats. There are few states, other than CA, NY or IL, where redistricting might help.

Dems will easily take the house in 2026, despite gerrymandering. Instead of picking 40-50 seats, they might only flip 30-40. They only need 4.

While there are potential risks for ratfuckery and general shenanigans, gerrymandering is relatively low on that scale under the circumstances.

If they fail to keep the house and retake the senate in 2028, after the American people have suffered through four years of Trump 2.0, it will be an utter and complete failure of the DNC.

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