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Legislative chambers, a modern record of 33 governors, they had the trifectas, governor and both bran state legislature in 25 of 50 states. all of this has its roots in red map. >> barring a tsunami wave election, many of the districts will remain in the hands of the party that they were designed to be in the hands of for the whole of the decade. thats utterly remarkable and very anti-democratic. >> this is a challenge that the democrats face as they head into 2018. the question is whether or no...

Important elections for redistricting. >> democrats were a little asleep at the wheel in 2010. the cycle theyre not asleep. were starting to see signs this is going to be a battle. almost between the parties to the redistricting of 2021. >> this strategy is make sure we have folks in the state tos get the grass roots ready for the redistricting process in 2021. >> republicans goal is preserve their advantage in as many states as possible. to rep will kate the success of red map from the last rou...

Consequential and perhaps historic reinvention of the gerrymander really in our time. its always been a tool for incumbent protection, going back to the beginning of the country. now its become a process by which one party can really rule in multiple states from the minority. republicans -- >> was north carolina one of the states that was impacted? >> oh, most certainly. really, after the 2008 election in which barack obama is elected and democrats take a super majority in the u.s. senate and a ...

2010, which was a plan called red map. it was a national program, but in places like alabama, it was very local, very practical, and it ended up being a big deal for a long time. the top republican in the alabama legislature later wrote a book about it, explaining how it worked in that state, which is part hoff wof why we have ane peek at what happened here. hes now in prison, which is an awkward footnote, but thats how it goes. its pretty simple, the plan, the alabama party quietly solicited fu...

Even with that huge shift towards the democratic party and their candidate last night, had the same people who turned out last night been casting those same votes, except they counted for congress instead of for senate, that vote last night would have still sent only one democrat to congress. and six republicans. which is what alabama sends to congress right now. how is that possible? how do you get a vote that democratic and it turns in all of those republicans and only one democrat. what? its ...

Called the red map progreject a no competition when they did. well, now the 2020 census is just around the corner and this time the democrats are very aware that its coming. thats why the political effort president obama and eric holder are working on together after the obama administration, what they are working on is districts, how the districts will be drawn. they want democrats to make up what they lost when republicans ran the table and changed the districts in 2010. thats the same effort g...

Notre dame wins by how much? >> i think its so tight. this is a heck of a season for notre dame. 33 josh adams i think he should get the heisman. i think notre dame wins by three or seven. it will be close. >> joe, jump in. >> boy, i dont know. phil griffin may disagree with that. so, steve schmidt, bob caseys a perfect case and point of a democrat who has a reason to be concerned because you can go across large swaths of pennsylvania, ask them what they think about donald trump and theyre still...

Propped up by the personal likability of president obama. the only places where they have been winning have been at the presidential election. his policies have been largely rejected, i do think there is a very big danger for the democratic party particularly looking at a red map or a lot of these democrats are running and very red state that theyre running in where they are trying to seek reelection. if they want to continue boycotting these hearings of cabinet nominations, if they want to try ...

Knows its not about who puts more points on the board. its just not. its about where the points are. secretary clinton lost in the electoral college so she loses the race. proving once again the presidential election is not a true democracy, it is not decided by majority vote. we know that. the founders didnt design it that way. and by the way, neither is the senate. each state gets two senators no matter how many people live in the state, democrat or republican. so when you actually just think ...

About it. the closest thing we have in our federal government to a democracy is the house of representatives. and then think about this. in recent years voting for your house of representative means voting in districts that actually look like this or this or this. we have republicans in large part to thank for many of the oddly-shaped gerrymandered districts popping up across the country after the 2010 census. to be clear, both parties do this, but the republicans have been doing it very effecti...