"Gerrymandered maps were once part of an unspoken agreement between rivals that pressing for political advantage was, within limits, part of the electoral game. But in recent years Republicans, aided by sophisticated mapmaking software, have given themselves near-unbreakable power across the country."
Pardon me? After the 2010 Census, the DEMOCRAT state house and senate gerrymandered Arkansas. They put more of the Mississippi counties (the most Democrat counties) into the First District, then ran a corridor from the Fourth District up to Fayetteville to bring the ultra-liberal University voters into that distract. This was called the "Fayetteville Finger."
Their intention was to keep the First, Second and Fourth Districts Democrat by this gerrymandering.
Fortunately, it didn't work.
But once again, we see media bias -- when Republicans do something Democrats have been doing for generations -- with no objections from the media -- it's suddenly a despicable and near-criminal act.
Pardon me? After the 2010 Census, the DEMOCRAT state house and senate gerrymandered Arkansas. They put more of the Mississippi counties (the most Democrat counties) into the First District, then ran a corridor from the Fourth District up to Fayetteville to bring the ultra-liberal University voters into that distract. This was called the "Fayetteville Finger."
Their intention was to keep the First, Second and Fourth Districts Democrat by this gerrymandering.
Fortunately, it didn't work.
But once again, we see media bias -- when Republicans do something Democrats have been doing for generations -- with no objections from the media -- it's suddenly a despicable and near-criminal act.

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