But in the end, the vote wasn’t even close: 31-19, with 21 Republicans joining all 10 Democrats in opposition. In fact, more GOP Hoosiers voted against the measure than for it.
In Blow to Trump, Indiana Rejects GOP Gerrymander
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/in-blow-to-trump-indiana-rejects-gop-gerrymander/
29 Comments
jballs@sh.itjust.works · 76 pts · 261d
Jesus the quotes in this article are a real bleak loom into how fucked we are as a country:
and also:
Pacers31Colts18@piefed.social · 56 pts · 261d
Jokes on him. Indiana roads already suck ass.
the_q@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 261d
Serinus@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 261d
Because semis put a ton of wear and tear on roads and Indiana is a huge bottleneck between the Northeast and the North/Northwest.
If only there were a better way to move freight from one dedicated location to another dedicated location. If we could basically teleport goods between Chicago, Atlanta, Kansas City, and Dallas, THEN we'd be able to have semis (or even smaller trucks) only handle the more local portions, and we'd save easily billions on road maintenance.
joostjakob@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 261d
If only someone could invent a system where huge amounts of freight could be moved on something more durable than pavement. We can only dream of such technology of course.
pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 261d
But we need to remove the rail lines for walkways across the state…. Who needs trains?
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 261d
I love how it papers over the fact the Republicans in Congress have abdicated all duty and made their own leader a king.
Also, I would hazard that heritage action is some bullshit foreign account? Maybe Nigeria?
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 261d
Sounds like it's just a media arm of the Heritage Foundation (Koch's are major backers), which is just homegrown fascism. No need to outsource that one.
jballs@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 261d
Did they remove that feature that told everyone most MAGA mouthpieces were foreign actors?
tauisgod@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 260d
They're explicitly saying it's for political reasons because the supreme Court said gerrymandering for political reasons is just fine.
slothrop@lemmy.ca · 35 pts · 261d
It ain't over until the obese treasonous traitor lying coward rapist convicted felon sings.
Vupware@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 261d
This bottle of wine has already aged more than I would prefer
Hawke@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 261d
So 45% of the constituents, 22% of the representatives.
Sounds to me like they approved a GOP-gerrymandered map.
Cricket@lemmy.zip · 28 pts · 261d
That's not what that sentence is saying. Note the "party-affiliated" qualifier. I checked and according to the first search result I found 25% of Indiana voters are registered Democrat, 31% are registered Republican, and 44% are "unaffiliated".
Source: https://independentvoterproject.org/voter-stats/in
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com · 12 pts · 261d
Dang, literacy sure comes in handy over jumping to conclusions.
minorkeys@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 261d
I think they mean keeping the current one is also gerrymandered.
Hawke@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 261d
Correct.
Hawke@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 261d
That is exactly what the sentence is saying, unless you have reason to believe that the politics of the “unaffiliated” are drastically different from the affiliated. Going by your logic you would need to assume that the 44% unaffiliated are all republicans, which is very unlikely.
Certainly it seems to be close to the presidential election results over the last 20+ years, at 58-40-2 for republican-democrat-other, respectively.
Edit: and indeed, if you add up the 2024 congressional results you get 58-39-3 percent.
tauisgod@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 260d
They've been in control of the state for over 20 years, so yes. They carved out 2 tiny circles around 2 deep blue areas, and made the other districts much larger in comparison and diluted the blue votes there. I think Mitc Daniels was the last GOP governor (2005-2014) that wasn't a total POS and he was still fairly regressive.
N0t_5ure@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 261d
Sconrad122@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 261d
Hyperbole. Yeah, that's what that was. Totally. Just some overexaggeration for dramatic effect.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 260d
He's obviously delusional and probably referring to the situation he inherited, and then immediately started to break when he took office...
watson@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 261d
I don’t think anyone expected this, which is what makes it all the more sweet and delicious.
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 261d
The Schadenfreude is as tasty as a fine Bordeaux.
watson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 261d
I fucking love a good Bordeaux
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 261d
No matter how you look at it, this is a headline that contain the words "Trump" and "blow" in the same sentence.
Nice little bonus that it happens to be a situation where cheeto mcpedo doesn't get his way.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 260d
"Cheeto McPedo"
Brilliant, I'm definitely copying it
finitebanjo@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 261d
Hopefully the buck stops here because the SCOTUS have already ruled the opposite in past examples.
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 261d
Go insult a reporter, Piggy. It always makes you feel better.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 260d
Huh, usually Trump's the one doing the blowing.