08-21-2023, 07:04 PM
(08-21-2023, 06:51 PM)pally Wrote: If redistricting was true to the intent of Ohio's laws, the statehouse would be approximately 52%-48% Republican. The Ohio House is 68% Republican and the Senate is 78% Republican. A legit redistricting would have ended up with multiple contestable seats which generally forces candidates to the center.
I'm not saying even a smaller majority would have changed the outcome on multiple bills but give voters a legitimate shot at deciding the victor instead of the district deciding it
Do you really think that a state that skews more red with every national election would have a shot at a Dem majority in the state government even without gerrymandering? I don't find that to be very plausible. You will get no argument from me about the dangers of gerrymandering and how it allows extreme candidates to be just that. You see something similar in CA, although CA is far more blue than Ohio is red. I have to deal with the same thing, just on different topics.
But, to the argument at hand, is this a point in favor of the argument that the majority are being dictated to by a "super-minority?" I don't think that argument has been made, or even close to it.
