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Mapmakers Shrink District To One House; Race Still Too Close To Call
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Republicans are spending millions on districts drawn to favor them, and some still aren't safe. One state's mapmakers decided to just keep drawing.
Transcript
Republicans are spending millions and still may not win districts drawn to favor them.
So in one state, the mapmakers just kept drawing.
First they shrank the district to a single cul-de-sac. Then they shrank it to one house, the candidate's own.
The new district is a single house. Internal polling has it as a toss-up.
He has his own vote. His wife is undecided, and his son Austin, eighteen, has been strongly opposed since ninth grade.
On screenINTERNAL POLL · DISTRICT 6 · Who will you vote for in November? · Wendell Haskett (himself) · Undecided (his wife, Marisol) · Strongly opposed (Austin, 18)
Meanwhile, his wife has texted him, asking him to please stop running attack ads against their son in the living room.
Please stop running attack ads against Austin in the living room
It's my only media market
Mapmakers are now moving the line to cut out the guest room, where his mother-in-law is staying.
Satire. Everything in this reel is made up for comedy.
