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Pototan

(2,975 posts)
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 01:51 AM 13 hrs ago

Can the Rpukes stop lying about Mass. Gerrymandering

Especially that asshole, Scott Jennings. I hear over and over again that Massachusetts has 11 Dems to 0 Rep. in Congress, even though Trump got more than 40% of the vote. I'm from Massachusetts and I know a thing or two about Bay State politics.

Trump did not get 40% of the vote in the Commonwealth. He received 36%. But, more importantly, he lost every one of the 14 counties. Unlike most red states, there is no huge pocket of the minority party's voters concentrated in one area. Republicans are scattered among towns and few small cites and in most cases, they still don't represent a substantial majority of the voters in any contiguous area. And certainly not enough to create a majority seat in Congress.

Every major city is Democratic, and most often, substantially so. and there are major cities located in the East, Central and Western part of the state. Every statewide office has a Democrat, and the legislature has a super majority in both the House and Senate.

https://www.facebook.com/brilliantmaps/posts/in-2024-there-were-only-two-states-where-all-counties-voted-for-one-presidential/1005155091727101/

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