On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” CNN Senior Political and Global Affairs Commentator, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, former Obama Chief of Staff, and former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel acknowledged that Illinois is a heavily gerrymandered state and admitted “I have participated in it” but argued that it’s different from Texas because “it was done exactly when the Census data was done, not mid-cycle, not mid-game.”
Right, and it’s now a massive problem. Blame the Supreme Court for taking hands off. They punted on the issue, saying it’s a political dispute and not for them.
Hello, Indiana!
9 months ago
“We ginned the game when it was proper to do so, not when we felt we needed to.” explained the ballet aficionado.
Giles Caver
9 months ago
Rahm is entitled to his opinions, as wrong as they so often are, but state legislatures alone should each decide when and how they redistrict. Every ten years may work fine when and where intrastate population changes are modest, but many states have seen enormous intrastate population changes since the COVID pandemic began.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Gerrymandering is WRONG whenever it is done.
Small distinction IMO.
Only a simpleton like his Largeness would make this distinction.
Right, and it’s now a massive problem. Blame the Supreme Court for taking hands off. They punted on the issue, saying it’s a political dispute and not for them.
“We ginned the game when it was proper to do so, not when we felt we needed to.” explained the ballet aficionado.
Rahm is entitled to his opinions, as wrong as they so often are, but state legislatures alone should each decide when and how they redistrict. Every ten years may work fine when and where intrastate population changes are modest, but many states have seen enormous intrastate population changes since the COVID pandemic began.