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Tag Archives: gerrymandering
What Exactly Is Gerrymandering?
Time for a gerrymandering review as we await the Iowa GOP’s worst. And as an aside, one of the examples of gerrymandering in John Oliver’s segment involves a Democratic primary. It caused me to reflect that Democrats seem to be … Continue reading
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Tagged gerrymandering, Iowa GOP
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The Secret GOP Plan To Keep Power
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Tagged 2020 census, gerrymandering, Robert Reich
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Courts Becoming Republican Power Centers
Thanks to a case decided by the Iowa Supreme Court and a couple of cases on the docket for decisions this month for the SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the US) we can see why Republicans have put so much emphasis … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Iowa legislature 2017, Iowa legislature 2019, Labor, SCOTUS
Tagged Courts, gerrymandering
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Answering 538′s Gerrymandering Question
Follow this blog! You won’t find it on Facebook or Twitter and as far as we can tell, you can’t subscribe to it. You have to actually go there. ### iowahighwayends.net/blog/ Political/statistical analysis website 538 says fixing gerrymandering is hard. … Continue reading
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Tagged 538, gerrymandering, how to fix gerrymandering, Iowa congressional districts
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5 Things To Know About The Wisconsin Gerrymandering Case Before The Supreme Court
https://www.brennancenter.org/ 5 Things to Know About the Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Case Michael Li, Thomas Wolf With Gill v. Whitford, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken the most important case in decades dealing with how Americans are represented in Congress and … Continue reading
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Gerrymandering Author At Prairie Lights Wednesday
The two videos were posted on youtube in June of 2016. They are about 30 minutes in length in total August 23, 2017(Wednesday) – 7:00pm at Prairie Lights in downtown Iowa City, Salon editor-in-chief David Daley will read from Ratf**ked, Why Your Vote Doesn’t Count. … Continue reading
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Tagged David Daley, gerrymandering, Prairie Lights
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How The Modern Day GOP Used Gerrymandering To Regain Power After Obama
The University of Iowa Public Policy Center sponsored a discussion about gerrymandering last week. “A discussion about redistricting between David Daley, former editor-in-chief of Salon.com, and Jonathan Winburn, associate professor of political science at the University of Mississippi, moderated by … Continue reading
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Tagged evil GOP, gerrymandering, University of Iowa Public Policy Center
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What do President Obama, Howard Dean, and Bernie Sanders have in Common?
Watch and find out. Obama to young people: “If you participate you’ll change the country…. the system doesn’t work if people opt out. The easiest, simplest cure for getting our democracy to work is everybody voting.”
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, President Obama
Tagged cynicism, gerrymandering, President Obama on gerrymandering, voting
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Dems Must Vote Down-Ballot To Flip States In 2016
DemocracyforAmerica Tuesday’s election delivered some big wins for DFA-endorsed progressive candidates — and dealt a powerful blow to the NRA. The good news: On Tuesday in Virginia, DFA-endorsed Jeremy McPike defeated the NRA in the biggest State Senate race of … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign
Tagged 50 state strategy, democracy for america, Election 2016, gerrymandering, Howard Dean
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