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Every republican that did not support it should be primaried.
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lol
Democracy wins and conservatives lose
In the 2024 House races, Democrats got 39.8% of the vote but got only 22.2% of the 9 seats. Explain how this is an unfair advantage for the Dems? You are supporting an unusual mid-decade redistricting to gerrymander that share of house seats down to 0%.
LOL, CJT. Help explain how going from a 7-2 to 9-0 Republican advantage results in Braun’s “fair” maps. The R/D split was about 60-40 in the 2024 presidential election. 60% of 9 seats equals 5.4 seats, so 5-4 split would actually be “fair”. The 7-2 Republican gerrymander allocation is not fair, but the result of the legal gerrymandering that both parties have exploited.
So please explain how having 100% R representation in House seats is “fair” to the 40% of the state’s voters that did not vote for the Demented Dictator.
Actually, it should be every GOP that DID support this effort should be voted out in a primary for trying to take away the voice of many Hoosiers. BTW, this is coming from a lifelong independent that has never been a member of the either major party.
I love Braun’s saying the Democrats gerrymandered the districts when the Republicans in Indiana draw the maps.
But let’s not facts get in the way.
“Waaaaaah!!”
The adults in the room stood up – thank you.
Agreed !
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stunned the state did something right
Gobstruck.
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In my (long-time Republican, currently unsure of political affiliation) opinion, there is only one outcome potentially better than this. That would be that the current legislature did decide to redistrict and that the election results after redistricting diluted the supermajority currently in the legislature.
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Oh, they weren’t going to redraw THEIR maps.
Just the Congressional maps.
The People have spoken, and for once, the politicians listened! The majority of the people/constituents/voters were consistently against redistricting. I thank legislators like Jean Leising and others that followed the will of their constituents and confirmed they were NAY on this undemocratic power grab. As Sen. Leising stated, she couldn’t vote in favor of a map that doesn’t even exist.
It really only proved the Pro Tem Bray didn’t want it and didn’t make any persuasive efforts to get the votes. Bray is not up for reelection for 3 more years, he didn’t care. The only democracy displayed was more than half the senators were in fear of losing their seats in the next election.
I’m only disappointed because we in the 7th district are stuck with the worthless Andre Carson for another term or two.or more.
Republicans are the ones keeping Andre Carson around.
Bray didn’t need to make any “persuasive” arguments for Trump’s scheme to have red states gerrymander the congressional districts to ensure the GOP majority survived the 2026 and 2028 elections. After all, Trump himself, his veep JD Vance, and Gov. Braun all made their arguments for putting the Republican thumb on the scales. If those three “superstars” of the GOP couldn’t persuade (with a straight face) their members in the legislature, the ill-conceived cause was doomed from the start. Bray knew that. Turns out he was the smartest one in the room.
These “Republicans” are a bunch of losers. In an ideal world, gerrymandering would not be allowed in the constitution, but that is not reality today. Partisan gerrymanders are allowed in America, and if you can’t add 2 districts to combat Illinois very democratic favorable gerrymander, then you are on the side of Democrats. The 100% irony here is these Rino’s themselves are in gerrymandered state senate districts, but they won’t fight to offset democrat gerrymanders in other states. Give me a break! Just call yourself a democrat and at least I would gain some respect about your honesty.
Which party started the rush of mid-decade redistricting and why?
Of the 10 most gerrymandered states measured by statewide vote percentage vs percentage of district representatives, eight of them are Republican. Yes, both sides do it but Trump supporters have been gaslit into believing Democrats are the bigger culprits.
Greg, “Trump supporters have been gaslit” pretty much summarizes the anger we will be seeing the next few years.
Common sense and ethical behavior win this round!
Kudos to those legislators who stood up this time to outside pressure.
Gotta celebrate the small wins 👏
So we enable the cheating Illinois, California and others continue while we play nice. Okay.
It’s so interesting that you only mention blue states and not the red states, or the presidential administration,
who started this whole mess.
LOL. Democrats are the bigger culprit? None so blind as those who only believe what they are told. Do some research.
Please Greg, share your “research” with the rest of us…
Cite your “research,” Greg. We’re waiting.
We have been Republicans forever and I am proud of our state senator and the others that stood up to far fight Republicans who wanted to push the party even further to the right. Just because other states are doing the wrong thing doesn’t mean Indiana should do the wrong thing.. We need more politicians who can see the middle rather than just the right or the left.
^^^This.
Great day to be a Hoosier
Congratulations to the representatives who refused to join the Trump election rigging campaign. Trump calls the elections rigged, until he does it then it is all well and good. He also calles our rising cost of living a “scam” and “fake news”, yet he spews more fake news than any news agency out there. Republicans complain about the “weaponizing” of the DOJ by the previous administration and then does the same thing demanding the arrest and conviction of anyone his dyllusional mind thinks is an enemy. He is no more fit to be president than Joe Biden!
So now we know for sure that our Governor Braun is a push over TRUMP MAGA CULT sycophant that has no interest in representing the people in Indiana over his dear leader TRUMP .
We knew that already.
Thank you Senator Greg Goode for your public listening session with your constituents! It put a bright white light on what voters want, not just Trump-loyal politicians!
EXCELLENT NEWS
Democrats have utilized this methodology for years. Indiana Republicans would have contributed possibly 2 more seats to the house, but the ‘pearl clutcher’s’ trying to appear noble cowered. Very naive in today’s political climate……..see if they regret it next election
They stood up to a tyrant and that takes more courage than MAGA sycophants will ever be able to fathom.
Republicans have drawn the maps in Indiana the exact same way for a safe seven seats the last two redistrictings. Witness what they did to protect the 5th when they redrew the maps in 2021 when it started to get a little too purple.
“Wahhhh! I can’t cheat with impunity! Wahhh!”
Republicans are a bunch of crybaby losers.
As a strong conservative, I am very happy to see the Republicans govern as mature adults who respect the Constitution and the institution in which they were elected to serve. I know it is too much to hope that Dems in their majority states follow suit. But wow, wouldn’t it be cool if a case of mature adultism broke out all over the country.
Just a reminder that Democrats introduced a bill to ban all states from practicing such gerrymandering and Republicans blocked it.
I like the thought that mature adultism will break out throughout the country but I think it’s fair to say such adults have been run of the Republican Party or they’re in deep hiding trying to keep their jobs. (Anyone do a health check on Todd Young lately?). The organization only exists to do the bidding of one man, regardless of Constitutional oath, and if the party is even salvageable, it needs to be torn down to the studs. The post-liberal rot has gotten very deep very fast.
In Indiana elected officials must know where Hoosiers stand on important issues . Elected official may have thought they picked their voters by gerrymandering them . When voters are so blatantly ignored they get fickle when the next election comes around .