GERRYMANDERING "RED MAP" This is what has been Going On !

We must correct our systems.DO YOU WANT TO PICK OUR ELLECTED OFFICIALS OR HAVE THEM PICK US ?
OUR ELLECTED OFFICIALS ARE PICKING US ! THE USA IS A Oligarchy?

Aided by Gerrymandering, Republicans garnered 73 seats to 34 for the Democrats.

They won 19 extra seats, without which there would have been no House Republican majority.
The REPUBLICANS and KOCHS Have About 80% Control Of All Offices Local, State, Federal Government Offices .
The RED MAP PROJECT Has Worded For The Republicans and Koch Brothers Very Well ! WE NEED A BLUE PROJECT !
Carving Neighborhoods with New Mapping Software Koch Brothers' will drop almost $1 billion on 2016 elections. Our democracy isn’t for sale
The GOP Launches “Red Map” Strategy
Back in 2009, national GOP strategists mounted a deliberate strategy to gain the upper hand. RedMap was the code name given by the Republican State Leadership Committee to a strategy funded by corporate money and aimed at capturing control of state legislatures in the 2010 election in order to dominate redistricting after the 2010 census.

It was a smashing success. Republicans picked up 675 legislative seats nationwide, giving the GOP control of legislatures in states that held 40% of all House seats, versus Democrats, with only 10%. (The rest were under split control.)


"GERRYMANDERING" of voting districts 2/3 of the House and in many states is a KEY PROBLEM !!!
Which States, Districts Are Most Gerrymandered? Republicans will be Gerrymandering the electoral college next !
WAKE UP AMERICAS Michigan Dems Got More Votes and Still Lost This is how it is in MANY STATES !
Michigan Dems Got More Votes and Still Lost
Walker wants to abolish Wisconsin's non-partisan, independent election authority and replace it with right-wing hacks, hand-picked by Walker and Republican legislators.

Gerrymandering. One word that describes why Michigan no longer has a government that is representative of the electorate.
The 2001 reapportionment had given the GOP the votes it needed to gerrymander Michigan.
They have repeatedly lost the popular vote for the Legislature only to win anyway thanks to favorable districts. Fight Gerrymander to Revive the Moderate Middle
That small hardcore electorate attracts hardcore partisan candidates who tend to run harsh, negative campaigns. Moderate voters shy away and moderate candidates fare poorly. So the gerrymander system has contributed to the demise of moderate Republicans and centrist Democrats in Congress and to polarized gridlock in Washington.

In short, reviving the primacy of voters, restoring a more level playing field and insuring a fair outcome in American elections means challenging and rejecting partisan gerrymandering.

That battle is already joined. Legal challenges have been filed in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Texas and Virginia. The recent court victories of citizens’ groups in Florida and Arizona have given new impetus to reformers.

Those rulings, especially the Supreme Court’s decision endorsing Arizona’s independent redistricting commission, point to a potential solution in other states. But it will take grass roots civic action.



Tags: election reform, gerrymandering
We need to help the league of Woman Voters in correcting the Gerrymandering in all of the states.
We need to help the league of Woman Voters in correcting the Gerrymandering in all of the states.
OLGA,WA – If you care about American democracy and you’re sick of politicians’ clinging to power by concocting political monopolies in their home districts, then take heart – and take a cue – from the recent Supreme Court decision that casts a shadow on partisan gerrymandering.
Take note, too, that in Florida the state supreme court just last week rejected the partisan gerrymandering of Congressional districts by the state legislature, declaring that it was tainted by the “unconstitutional intent to favor the Republican Party and incumbent lawmakers.” The justices, voting 5-2, ordered that the maps of eight Florida congressional districts be redrawn within 100 days.

Far more widely, gerrymandering in states with closed party primaries is undermining the integrity of our elections. It is distorting the results of the popular vote, handing a tiny minority of hardcore partisan voters the power to choose the ultimate winner, contributing to the demise of the moderate middle and fueling gridlock.

But gerrymandering’s most pernicious effect is voter fraud – disenfranchising millions of independent voters, now roughly 40% of the U.S. electorate. In most districts of populous states, independents and members of the minority party are gerrymandered out of any meaningful vote for the U.S. House of Representatives, election after election.
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