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Gerrymandering has outrageous results [0] and voter suppression of minorities is right out of a novel [1]. It's so screwed up that votes almost don't matter, de

• Grishnakh 10y ago
  Gerrymandering is completely overblown as a problem. Proof: the 2016 Presidential primaries.
  • psychometry 10y ago
    Your "proof" that gerrymandering isn't a problem in our electoral system is an event outside our electoral system? Try again.
  • maxerickson 10y ago
    Would you mind expanding the thought a bit? Many states have closed primaries (so participating in one primary precludes participating in others) and the delegate allocation rules are pretty complicated. Lots of delegates are awarded at the state level, where Gerrymandering won't have much impact.
    • Grishnakh 10y ago
      Please see my reply to "nitwit005". Basically, we're doing a terrible job electing people in all our races, but gerrymandering only affects US House races. Therefore, even if we completely fixed gerrymandering, it's not going to have much effect.
  • nitwit005 10y ago
    The congressional districts are what get gerrymandered. They're completely irrelevant to the Democrats or Republicans picking their presidential candidates.
    • Grishnakh 10y ago
      That is precisely my point. Gerrymandering only affects Congressional districts, which only affects the House of Representatives. That's it. It does NOT affect: 1) gubernatorial races, 2) Senate races, 3) Presidential races. It is a problem, but it's not the huge problem that some people make it out to be. As we can see, our political system is totally broken at all levels: our Presidential races are a total farce, and we don't do much better electing Senators than we do House members. We elect some lousy governors too. Therefore, it's obvious that fixing gerrymandering is not going to fix our political problems, not by a long shot.
• GFK_of_xmaspast 10y ago
  > right out of a novel Right out of history, that is.