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Nebraska Republican Mike McDonnell against Electoral College change (thehill.com)
submitted 10 months ago by wsheldon@lemm.ee to c/nebraska@midwest.social
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[–] Tenthrow@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

End the electoral college for god’s sake.

[–] expr@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If Republicans didn't gerrymander the fuck out of districts we'd be winning the electoral college vote for the 1st congressional district too.

[–] wsheldon@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] expr@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

It's actually gotten worse since then even. Sarpy county is now part of the district. They even used the new map (which of course favors Republicans) in the 2022 special election in violation of congressional rules: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Nebraska%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election.

But since when have Republicans ever cared about rules?

[–] wsheldon@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

wym this is a very regular shape

Nebraska Congressional District 1 Map

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edit: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/media/images/maps/2021/congress/dist1_11x17.png because that image is not showing up.