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gerrymandering - agree, hate it, both sides do it

Here’s one list of the 10 worst gerrymandering by states. 1, Maryland, favors the Democrats. The other 9 favor Republicans. Sure, both sides do it but one side does MUCH more.

The voters in Utah, where I live, passed a ballot initiative to do away with gerrymandering. This is a deep red state, but it passed with votes from both sides.

And then...the Utah State Legislature, which is totally controlled by the Republican Party said 'no' and blocked the initiative from being implemented. Recently the Utah State Supreme Court said 'no, you can't do that'. We'll see what happens, but Utah Republicans are used to one party rule and they are ruthless in maintaining it.

Utah Senate: 23 Republicans, 6 Democrats

Utah House: 61 Republicans, 14 Democrats

These numbers reflect the Republicans success in gerrymandering.

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