Maryland panel backs new House map aimed at all-Democratic delegation

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2. I agree and that's why I'm in favor of Democrats aggressively redistricting.

If our democracy survives, I hope it will be a wake up call to ALL citizens that there needs to be a fair and equitable approach to districting.

An example: my state of North Carolina. For about a hundred years until 2010, Democrats controlled the state legislature. (Part of the reason for this is that many southern Democratic politicians were conservative racists, and it took a while for them to migrate to their new identity as conservative Republicans. The other reason was the NC Democratic Party had gerrymandered the state to stay in power.)

Anyway, the election of a Black U.S. president was the tipping point. In 2010 the Republicans took over the state and immediately took a wrecking ball to our democracy. They made up for 100 years very quickly, grabbing power from the governor and exerting control over every possible state institution. They drew ridiculous maps to ensure they stayed in power.

After years of litigation the unfair maps were redrawn and for a few elections NC voters were more fairly represented: about half Democrats, half Republicans, which accurately reflects our population's voting choices. We are truly a purple state.

That fairness was short lived. The US Supreme Court, led by Trump's appointees, overturned the fairer maps and we're back to disgracefully gerrymandered electoral maps. That unfairness in NC alone gave the Republicans a majority in Congress in 2024. Just the seats lost to gerrymandering in NC alone!

Citizens must demand better. If this is what it takes so be it. Our entire democracy is at stake. Democrats must take power where we can and then we can start to right all these wrongs. We can't fix anything when we have no power.