Quote:I am from Florida, from Jax. Grew up off Blanding and Collins near OP. I moved to Portland about 4 years ago or so. 

 

Is it fair to assume people are upset that is gerrymandered to be democratic?

 

You fundamentally misunderstand what the gerrymandering does.

 

It is gerrymandered to allow for a lot of republican districts around it.

 

When you pack democratic voters into a district you take them out of other district areas allowing a situation where instead of having a bunch of 53/47 type districts where one party narrowly wins based on how centrist and populist they are, you get one district with 90% democratic to 10% republican and all the districts immediately around it are 58% republican and 42% democratic, making all of those districts safe for republicans who never have to answer to democratic constituents in the local area.

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