The state-level fights
Apr. 30th, 2019 01:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
On a more serious note: while the tragicomic WWE match in Washington distracts everyone, arguably the most important political fights right now are happening at the local level. Much of the current mess is due to decades' worth of effort on the part of the Republicans to gerrymander the bloody heck out of the country. Our best hope to set things right again is to get control of the state houses ASAP, so that the next round of redistricting isn't so abusive.
So I call your attention to the Grassroots Redistrict Project, a national effort to identify and win key seats in a number of states, to ensure that reasonable and fair districts get drawn over the next couple of years. It's an important project, and IMO worth supporting...