We’re all tired. It’s been a long year. We need our leaders to cut the crap and work on addressing the challenges Hoosiers face every day – a better economy, improved healthcare, education for our kids. The General Assembly should focus on these issues, but the GOP Supermajority has a different agenda – they would rather fight culture wars and help their wealthy friends. The republicans that we sent to represent us aren’t solving our problems; they’re creating new ones for us.
Tag: gerrymandering
We Should have More State Legislators
Well, at least I’m pretty sure we should. 2020 is another census year, which means there will be some electoral shakeups around the country as fast-growing states gain members of Congress and slower-growing/declining states lose representatives. For almost 100 years now, we’ve had this fixed-pie system at the national level, where states could lose seats…
What if the tea party had been blue?
In case you missed it, the rail map I made recently became somewhat famous. I’m calling that map draft #1 for now – there is more to come. Thanks again to everyone who shared feedback and support. For now I’m taking a break from transit to dig into another interest of mine: political maps. Who…
2020 Ohio Elections: The 2016 and 2018 Ohio Senate races
Welcome to part 2 of my little exploration of 2020 Ohio Elections. If you’re looking for part 1, which covers Ohio House races, you can find it here. Today, we’ll dig into Ohio’s 2016 and 2018 Senate races, and explore whether democrats will be able to win some seats in the upcoming 2020 races. The…
2020 Ohio Elections: A look back to 2018 House races
With a year to go before the 2020 elections, it’s a good time to dig into what it will take for democrats to flip some of the seats in the Ohio General Assembly and more importantly why we should care about flipping them. There’s been some ink spilled lately about whether or not Ohio is…