Comments on: Progressive Democrats of LA Votes NO on Schwarzenegger’s PROP 11 Redistricting http://www.laprogressive.com/political-issues/california-political-issues/progressive-democrats-of-la-votes-no-on-schwarzeneggers-prop-11-redistricting/ Progressive Politics Liberal Politics and Social Justice Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:03:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 The LA Progressivehttp://www.laprogressive.com/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/images/button.gifhttp://www.laprogressive.com8831Description of your blog. By: frank@theamons.com http://www.laprogressive.com/political-issues/california-political-issues/progressive-democrats-of-la-votes-no-on-schwarzeneggers-prop-11-redistricting/comment-page-1/#comment-4050 frank@theamons.com Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:34:31 +0000 http://www.laprogressive.com/2008/08/18/progressive-democrats-of-la-votes-no-on-schwarzeneggers-prop-11-redistricting/#comment-4050 I guess that if Linda had her way, the districts would each contain about 57% Democratic voters and 43% Republican voters (not counting independents). Then, there would be a real possibility that the California Assembly and Senate would be 100% (or nearly so) Democratic. Wouldn't that be nice? In my opinion, the purpose of redistricting is to be fair, not to concentrate power. Or, to put it another way, Prop 11 seeks to benefit the voters, not the politic parties. (So, of course, the LA Progressive is against it.) I guess that if Linda had her way, the districts would each contain about 57% Democratic voters and 43% Republican voters (not counting independents). Then, there would be a real possibility that the California Assembly and Senate would be 100% (or nearly so) Democratic. Wouldn’t that be nice?

In my opinion, the purpose of redistricting is to be fair, not to concentrate power. Or, to put it another way, Prop 11 seeks to benefit the voters, not the politic parties. (So, of course, the LA Progressive is against it.)

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