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States. thats not to say they dont gerrymander. we do, we see maryland districts. but it is the big difference between how much they control. republicans can move the dial a couple of percents in a lot of districts and retake congress without really leaving those back rooms is where gerrymandering happens. we cant forget that republicans are in the state legislatures affecting who can get to the ballot box, texas, where georgia has, thats the other one i was going for, those are states where thi...

Ago. most of the commissions today are independent commissions. as you can see back in 2011 there were only 8 of them. now slightly a plurality of them are independent rather than republican. jane, how does that impact the potential for a red wave in 2022? >> you know, i think republicans still control quite a lot. you can see on the screen. theyre going to control a lot more of this than democrats n. no small part because democratic voters have embraced these independent commission, put their m...

That their vote doesnt matter. to continue to gerrymander and to continue to try to make districts that arent competitive. and theyve done that systemically over time. what we have to do is go back to those voters all across the valley. in harris county, in dallas, all across this state. and talk to people about why their vote does matter. there are specific races that they cant gerrymander. at the county level. at the mayoral level. we need to win those local elections. continue to turn more an...

To continue to gerrymander and to continue to try to make districts that arent competitive. and theyve done that systemically over time. what we have to do is go back to those voters all across the valley. in harris county, in dallas, all across this state. and talk to people about why their vote does matter. there are specific races that they cant gerrymander. at the county level. at the mayoral level. we need to win those local elections. continue to turn more and more of those counties blue. ...

Districts and you avoid the notion of these heavily-engineered jergerrymandd districts. i think this is the approach that has taken hold on some states, but we saw even in arizona, governor jan brewer tried to fire the woman who chaired because she voted for a couple of districts that were competitive. i think we need a national solution. the commission would take it out of the hands of the politicians. i think thats going to make a huge difference not today, of course, but the next time we go t...