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Corey Stewart is ready to drag down every Virginia Republican on the ticketWhen Virginia Republicans nominated Corey Stewart, President Trump’s kind of candidate (race-baiting, pro-Confederate statues, prone to incendiary language), they effectively wrote off the Senate race against incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.). Kaine, a former governor as well

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[soleiltropiques]

Just wanted to say that this was an interesting post, OP!

I *HOPE* the Repugs crash and burn in November...

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The Virginian Republican Party is kind of pretending Corey Stewart does not exist. It is gonna be interesting, since so many people only have their seats bc of gerrymandering...

Idk what will happen. The main thing is just that it will take a LOT for the GOP to lose the Senate. The House is almost guaranteed to flip though.

[soleiltropiques]

At least if they lose the House, that could mitigate things a bit (for one thing, it could enable the Dems to block any potential Supreme Court justice who is anti Roe v Wade).

I read this article (1, about gerrymandering in the US) which was gave a good overview of how the system as it currently is actually tends to favor Republicans (one thing they mention is that Republican voters in general tend to be more spread out over the country than Democratic voters, which means that for the same number of votes the Republicans will have a slight advantage in terms of seats). Which is not to say that Democrats haven't happily engaged in gerrymandering when it suited them, of course (as I recall, one of the cases that led to the appearance in the SC was concerned with Democratic gerrymandering).

I found it pretty depressing but not surprising that the Supreme Court voted pro-gerrymandering, basically, in its recent decision.

1. Ratfucked Again.