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> Liberals don't vote The Democrats won the popular vote by 3 million votes, so this doesn't seem right. But for some surgical gerrymandering we might not be h
by gdulli 10y ago
> Liberals don't vote
The Democrats won the popular vote by 3 million votes, so this doesn't seem right. But for some surgical gerrymandering we might not be having a conversation about President Trump at all.
- belovedeagle 10y ago> surgical gerrymandering Also known as "state lines", a great many of which have been in place for over a century.
- EduardoBautista 10y agoI don't know why you are being downvoted. Gerrymandering affects congressional districts and has no direct effect on the presidential election.
- belovedeagle 10y agoWHAT?! NO! TRUMPIST LIES, ALL OF IT! Everyone knows that gerrymandering is the only way Republicans ever get any votes — really they should get zero!
- dragonwriter 10y ago> Gerrymandering affects congressional districts and has no direct effect on the presidential election. There are a couple states that assign Presidential electors on a basis of two to the statewide winner plus one to the winner in each Congressional district, rather than winner-take-all, so Congressional districting (including gerrymandering) does have a direct effect on Presidential election s as well as House elections.
- EduardoBautista 10y agoThey have a total of 5 electoral votes. When split the only election where they could have made a difference was in 2000. But yes, in this case it those have a direct effect but a VERY minor effect that has never affected the outcome of an election.
- ChicagoDave 10y agoMost of the extra votes are in one state, California. This is not a reasonable argument.
- EduardoBautista 10y agoGerrymandering affects the House of Representatives and nothing else on a federal level.