California Approves Redistricting Plan • Hacker News Board

Re: California Approves Redistricting Plan

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Post by nullc » Wed, Nov 05, 2025, 6:20 AM UTC

danorama wrote: post #10

nullc wrote: post #9

I guess Californians believe that Marin and 'Jefferson' have equivalent interests and can be well served the same representative without disenfranchising anyone... and that because it's more natural for a state with 2.23 democrats per republican to have 5.3 democrat representatives for every republican rep than the current 4.7 dem reps per republican.

And what does the Texas Legislature believe about Texas’s Democratic voters? Do tell.

What do I care about texas? If a texan jumped off a bridge would you do so too?

Did Texas have a nationally leading and hard won anti-gerrymandering law shown to be meaningless?

Re: California Approves Redistricting Plan

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Post by SilverElfin » Wed, Nov 05, 2025, 6:28 AM UTC

danorama wrote: post #8

SilverElfin wrote: post #2

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Just curious, did you have this reaction to what Texas did? Or is the problem here just that California responded in kind?

Same reaction. I prefer some neutral automated way or just a very different system than districts.

Re: California Approves Redistricting Plan

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Post by danorama » Wed, Nov 05, 2025, 6:29 AM UTC

nullc wrote: post #11

danorama wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And what does the Texas Legislature believe about Texas’s Democratic voters? Do tell.

What do I care about texas? If a texan jumped off a bridge would you do so too? Did Texas have a nationally leading and hard won anti-gerrymandering law shown to be meaningless?

Ah, the bridge jumping argument. What about if someone takes a slug at you when you’ve done nothing wrong? Or challenges your HN comment? You respond.

No, Texas has no such law, and that’s a shame. If Texas had, it might have prevented this situation. California is being repeatedly threatened by the Trump Republican government. The threat was exacerbated by the Texas Legislature (not the voters, of course). California voters would never have approved Prop 50 without them.

Re: California Approves Redistricting Plan

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Post by danorama » Wed, Nov 05, 2025, 6:35 AM UTC

SilverElfin wrote: post #12

danorama wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just curious, did you have this reaction to what Texas did? Or is the problem here just that California responded in kind?

Same reaction. I prefer some neutral automated way or just a very different system than districts.

I agree with you! But that’s not where we are, and this is a valid response to the Texas Leg trying to disenfranchise Democratic voters everywhere and Texas’s Democratic voters in particular. The Leg had months to undo this when they saw the possible response from CA. They chose to assume Democrats couldn’t fight back after the first blow. They were wrong.