Posted on 11/21/2022 11:04:00 AM PST by thegagline
Vote Latino President María Teresa Kumar argued on Saturday that gerrymandering was a factor in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ re-election, despite his race being a statewide office.
Kumar appeared as a guest host on MSNBC’s "Velshi," where a panel discussed former President Trump’s effect on the Republican Party. The discussion soon focused on DeSantis as a kind of successor to "Trumpism" for his rise in popularity
However, Kumar claimed that his success, even in the state of Florida, is due not to DeSantis’ record as governor, but because he "gerrymandered" the state.
"Is Ron DeSantis Trump 2.0? And a lot of people are asking this question, but one of the things that has been underreported is the fact that Ron DeSantis, yes, he won, but he highly gerrymandered the state of Florida and oftentimes, people say, ‘well, that was, you know, he was a statewide office.’ But gerrymandering has the impact of chilling potential voters for the opposite side of going out and voting. There’s no way he could gerrymander himself across 50 states. What would be his pathway?" Kumar asked.
"Well, he also can't gerrymander himself political charisma or retail politics either," The Lincoln Project’s senior advisor Tara Setmayer joked.
"You said it!" Kumar responded.
Gerrymandering is the process of drawing electoral districts in a way that benefits a political party. Although both political parties have redrawn congressional districts to affect House elections, some races, including gubernatorial elections, are voted on statewide and are unaffected by district lines.
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Shortly after DeSantis’ re-election, editors of Florida’s Sun-Sentinel newspaper similarly accused the governor of "racial gerrymandering" to secure his race. ***
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kumar didnt get the memo
the LEFT is promoting DeSantis to prevent Trump from getting the nomination
How does one gerrymander a governors race when everyone in the state is able to vote directly for the gov?
“Well, he also can’t gerrymander himself political charisma or retail politics either,”
They know DeSantis can’t win Nationally [’Rat city vote farming/stuffing will insure that], but want him to be the nominee ilo Trump.
“the LEFT is promoting DeSantis to prevent Trump from getting the nomination”
Fake news
Definitely a genius.
They are very afraid at DeSantis and what will do after he is elected.
Lordy how I still love liberal tears.
No they are not
Does Maria know that DeSantis carried Miami/Dade County?
Nonsense.
Vote Latino? Can you imagine if there was an organization called Vote White?
It’s a statewide vote! There’s no way to gerrymander that.
The DNC pulled all their vote fraud troops from the state.
Gerrymandering?
the governor is elected statewide, not in ‘districts’!.................
19 point margin. Jerrymandering?
Must be the recreational marijuana.
5.56mm
Box-o-Rox dumb. Doesn’t seem to bring worry, self improvement, or correction, to the forefront does it?
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