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Trump <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-you-need-to-know-about-wisconsins-supreme-court-race" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-you-need-to-know-about-wisconsins-supreme-court-race</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elon" target="_blank">#Elon</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Re-districting" target="_blank">#Re-districting</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wisconsin" target="_blank">#wisconsin</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wisconsin" target="_blank">#wisconsin</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/supreme" target="_blank">#supreme</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/court" target="_blank">#court</a> <a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=KhEZD4o8BEkNHw6fQOnZTiWLNKq" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Event Attributes</a>

Chuck DarwinA <a href="https://c.im/tags/strong" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#strong</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#democracy</a> and trusted <a href="https://c.im/tags/electoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#electoral</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#system</a> are foundational requirements for progress on any number of issues. Donors who haven’t funded in this area, or see democracy issues as outside their interests, should ❇️ take a wider view of how to advance their values. Donors who already support work on voting and elections should ❇️ consider ramping up their giving during this period of growing threats to U.S. democracy⭐️Where to Donate for Voting Rights and Democracy♦️♦️Organizations focused on protecting and strengthening electoral systems. Donors must first and foremost invest in shoring up the democratic system in the short term. This means supporting <a href="https://c.im/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#legal</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/efforts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#efforts</a> to 👉push back on unfounded claims of fraud as well as 👉challenging unfair election laws. Funding for this strategy should also go to groups focused on 👉making voting easier and more accessible, advocating for policies like 👉expanded early voting, 👉automatic and same day registration, and the 👉repeal of felony disenfranchisement laws. On the legal side, donors can support the 🔹Brennan Center for Justice, <a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.brennancenter.org/</a> 🔹NAACP Legal Defense Fund, <a href="https://naacpldf.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://naacpldf.org/</a> 🔹Demos <a href="https://www.demos.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.demos.org/</a> 🔹and Campaign Legal Center <a href="https://campaignlegal.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://campaignlegal.org/</a>All four groups engage in <a href="https://c.im/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#litigation</a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#research</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#policy</a> advocacy. ♦️♦️Organizing for a more expansive and inclusive democracy. 🆘 Low-income people, communities of color and young people participate in elections and civic life at lower levels than the general public. ✅ To create a more representative democracy and advance progressive change, donors should invest in organizations that work to engage these voters. Groups like 🔹Community Change <a href="https://www.communitychange.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.communitychange.org/</a> 🔹and Center for Popular Democracy <a href="https://www.populardemocracy.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.populardemocracy.org/</a>both work with and support <a href="https://c.im/tags/grassroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#grassroots</a> groups and leaders throughout the country, with a focus on <a href="https://c.im/tags/working" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#working</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/class" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#class</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/communities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#communities</a> of <a href="https://c.im/tags/color" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#color</a>. Donors can also support the 🔹Voter Participation Center and its c4 arm, the 🔹Center for Voter Information, <a href="https://www.centerforvoterinformation.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.centerforvoterinformation.org/</a>which work to increase turnout among “<a href="https://c.im/tags/new" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#new</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#American</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/majority" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#majority</a>” voters, as well as support groups focused on <a href="https://c.im/tags/young" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#young</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#voters</a>, such as 🔹NextGen America <a href="https://nextgenamerica.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://nextgenamerica.org/</a> and 🔹TurnUp <a href="https://www.turnup.us/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.turnup.us/</a>♦️♦️Groups advocating for democratic reforms. A range of reforms can help create a democracy that is more responsive, offering voters more choices and fostering fairer outcomes as well as increased trust in our electoral system. Donors can support 🔹FairVote, <a href="https://fairvote.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://fairvote.org/</a>which advocates for <a href="https://c.im/tags/ranked" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ranked</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/choice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#choice</a> voting and <a href="https://c.im/tags/proportional" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#proportional</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#representation</a>, and has already had some success at the state and local levels; and 🔹Unite America, <a href="https://www.uniteamerica.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.uniteamerica.org/</a> which focuses on <a href="https://c.im/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#independent</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/redistricting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#redistricting</a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/primary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#primary</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/reform" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#reform</a>, as well as <a href="https://c.im/tags/instant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#instant</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/runoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#runoff</a> voting.

Chuck Darwin“The evolution of cooperation required out-group <a href="https://c.im/tags/hatred" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#hatred</a>, which is really sad,” said Nicholas Christakis, a Yale sociologist This is just as true on today’s political stage. There are two major parties, and their contests are viewed as zero-sum outcomes. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Win" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Win</a> or <a href="https://c.im/tags/lose" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#lose</a>. The presidency is the ultimate example: There are no consolation prizes for the loser.No researcher argues that human nature is the sole, or even the primary, cause of today’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/polarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#polarization</a>. But savvy political operatives can exploit, leverage and encourage it. And those operatives are learning from their triumphs in <a href="https://c.im/tags/divide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#divide</a>-and-<a href="https://c.im/tags/conquer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#conquer</a> politics.Here’s where psychology gives way to political science. The American political system may cultivate “out-group” hatred, as academics put it. 🔹One of the scarce resources in this country is political <a href="https://c.im/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#power</a> at the highest levels of government. 🔹The country has no parliamentary system in which multiple parties form governing <a href="https://c.im/tags/coalitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#coalitions</a>.Add to this fact 🔹<a href="https://c.im/tags/redistricting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#redistricting</a> that ensures there are fewer truly <a href="https://c.im/tags/competitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#competitive</a> congressional races.🔹The two parties have inexorably moved further apart ideologically, and leaders are more likely to be punished — “<a href="https://c.im/tags/primaried" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#primaried</a>” — if they reach across the aisle. And because many more districts are now 🔹deeply red or blue, 🔹rather than a mix of constituencies, House members have fewer reasons to adopt moderate positions.<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/01/20/polarization-science-evolution-psychology/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/01/20/polarization-science-evolution-psychology/</a>

Chuck DarwinSo far, post-2022 <a href="https://c.im/tags/redistricting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#redistricting</a> has likely netted Republicans two or three seats. But depending on how the final maps are configured, that number could change yet again — and even perhaps tilt the field, ever so slightly, toward favoring Democrats.With primaries in some states just weeks away, there are still big unresolved questions of what some districts will look like. Here are the big redistricting storylines to watch. Three states have already drawn new maps — some with big consequencesNorth Carolina, Alabama and Georgia have already drawn new lines after the midterms in response to successful litigation from challengers.The Republican-dominated legislature drew a strong <a href="https://c.im/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/gerrymander" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#gerrymander</a> last year that could net the party as many as four seats in the Tar Heel State. The state currently has an even split of seven Democrats and seven Republicans, but the GOP-controlled state Supreme Court cleared the way for the state to go to potentially a 10-4 Republican split <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/08/house-redistricting-2024-elections-00134053" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/08/house-redistricting-2024-elections-00134053</a>

JLH‼️‼️👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 Note that the federal appeals court stripped the state legislature of the power to draft a new map and transferred it to an independent team consisting of an attorney and a demographer.<a href="https://c.im/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Alabama</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Redistricting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Redistricting</a> Fight <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Racism</a>Federal Court Again Strikes Down Alabama’s Congressional Map - The New York Times<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/05/us/politics/alabama-congressional-map.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/05/us/politics/alabama-congressional-map.html</a>

Chuck DarwinThe Supreme Court on Friday sent back to state court an <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Ohio</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/redistricting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#redistricting</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/case" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#case</a> that raised the same, sweeping theory about the “<a href="https://c.im/tags/Independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Independent</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#State</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Legislature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Legislature</a>” theory that the justices recently rejected in a case arising out of North Carolina.By returning the case to the Ohio Supreme Court, the justices wiped away previous rulings striking down congressional maps for Ohio and <a href="https://c.im/tags/instructed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#instructed</a> the <a href="https://c.im/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#state</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#court</a> to <a href="https://c.im/tags/reconsider" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#reconsider</a> the dispute under the US Supreme Court’s new opinion in the North Carolina dispute earlier this weekSince the Ohio Supreme Court struck down the GOP-drawn congressional maps, its makeup has <a href="https://c.im/tags/changed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#changed</a>, with Republican wins in the midterm elections pulling the <a href="https://c.im/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#state</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/supreme" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#supreme</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#court</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/further" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#further</a> to <a href="https://c.im/tags/right" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#right</a><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/politics/ohio-redistricting-supreme-court/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/politics/ohio-redistricting-supreme-court/index.html</a>

LilMikeSFKavanaugh, Gorsuch, Thomas appear salivating to sink teeth into <a href="https://c.im/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> election <a href="https://c.im/tags/ConLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ConLaw</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/redistricting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#redistricting</a> case brought by @GOP allies and due to be heard by <a href="https://c.im/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> the day after the Georgia Senate runoff <a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-north-carolina-legislature-50f99679939b5d69d321858066a94639" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-north-carolina-legislature-50f99679939b5d69d321858066a94639</a>

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