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Democrats Are Fighting Back on Gerrymandering. Do They Mean It?
The party is betting that voters will like its combative new tone -- but probably hoping they don’t actually have to draw new districts.
No more Mr. Nice Governor.
Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesEarlier this summer, pollsters with the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research asked voters for a word to describe their political party. Republicans said “strong” and “patriotic.” Democrats chose words like “weak,” “apathetic” and “ineffective.”
“They’re spineless,” one Democratic voter from Iowa put it. “They speak up a little bit, and they roll right over.”