tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post2902643956974804410..comments2024-03-22T13:06:27.366-05:00Comments on WataugaWatch: Another Challenge To Gerrymandering, Now in State CourtsJ.W. Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694324792688711136noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-37963827224450501052019-10-02T19:55:45.756-05:002019-10-02T19:55:45.756-05:00So, Anonymous, it sounds like you agree that gerry...So, Anonymous, it sounds like you agree that gerrymandering is a bad thing. So why don’t we get rid of so that neither party can ever do it again? Anonagainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-52701664597726525262019-10-02T09:26:12.673-05:002019-10-02T09:26:12.673-05:00Anonagain, your remembrance of the 50s and 60s is ...Anonagain, your remembrance of the 50s and 60s is flawed. I remember that time period very well. The actual number of registered party members frequently does not reflect how the electorate privately votes. Certainly by the early 60s, change was already very noticeable. And your concession re: Democrats gerrymandering "some districts" is putting it very mildly to say the least; a blatant practice that occurred continually for many previous decades dating back to the late 19th, early 20th century. And your Democrat colleagues in the legislature continued this gerrymandering practice even in recent years prior to the GOP gaining the majority. <br /><br />Speaking of sophisticated techniques, how about just aboveboard, public redrawing of the maps? A recent news report asked why the Dems were in the basement of the legislature redrawing the district maps, which is a violation of a court order and a rule that these practices are to done in public and on the main House floor. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-22202664822762433262019-09-30T17:03:26.917-05:002019-09-30T17:03:26.917-05:00I disagree with the comment from Anonymous. It was...I disagree with the comment from Anonymous. It was a different world 50 years ago than it is now. In the 1950s and early 1960s, it would have been hard to find enough Republicans in N.C. to make up one Congressional district. That was before the major realignment in the South began. I’m sure that Democrats gerrymandered some districts, but after 2010 the Republicans were on steroids. They had access to sophisticated computer algorithms that could split districts at the precinct level. NC is pretty much an evenly divided state. We should not have 10 Republicans and only 3 Democrats in the House.Anonagainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-14045130443162510322019-09-28T17:12:36.888-05:002019-09-28T17:12:36.888-05:00I must say, Jerry, that your present concerns re: ...I must say, Jerry, that your present concerns re: gerrymandering are so ironic, even laughable. From my great grandfathers', grandfather's, father's, and most of my lifetime, I am 70+, there was blatant gerrymandering throughout these generations. And your Democratic party was dominant in the NC legislatures during these lifetimes. Now, in just the last few years, you and your colleagues are suddenly so concerned re: gerrymandering, and of course, your ideologues in the court system are your allies. Again, I find this sudden change of heart ironic, and yes, hypocritical. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com