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> Republicans would still win half of elections, because that's the nature of a two party system. No it's not. (A lot) More than half of the population benefit

by croon 9y ago

> Republicans would still win half of elections, because that's the nature of a two party system. No it's not. (A lot) More than half of the population benefits/are catered to (what capitalists' Adam Smith would call maximized utility) by one party, while very few benefits from the other. That's why gerrymandering and lack of facts are vastly larger issues on one side.

AnthonyMouse 9y ago
Republicans currently get slightly less than half of the popular vote -- compared to Democrats who also get slightly less than half of the popular vote. Hillary Clinton didn't have a majority of the popular vote in 2016, she had 48% compared to Trump's 46%. And some of the highest population states (California, Texas, New York) are immutable for both parties in the electoral college. If you put the votes there in play it would completely change the nature of the campaigns. > That's why gerrymandering and lack of facts are vastly larger issues on one side. Don't be partisan. The Republicans lie, the Democrats lie. The common "women make 77% of what men make" is a lie; that number doesn't account for different occupations or hours worked. Any healthcare plan that doesn't reduce the revenue of healthcare companies is not going to reduce the cost of healthcare; both parties are equally guilty of that. Nearly every statistic you hear in politics on both sides is inaccurate or taken out of context, and the Democrats are especially egregious about this with respect to intersectional politics. And gerrymandering is what the party with a legislative majority does every time the census comes in. This time it happens that mostly Republicans were in power when the lines were drawn, but don't pretend the other party wouldn't or hasn't done the same thing when it's their turn.

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> Republicans would still win half of elections, because that's the nature of a two party system. No it's not. (A lot) More than half of the population benefit

by croon 9y ago

AnthonyMouse 9y ago
Republicans currently get slightly less than half of the popular vote -- compared to Democrats who also get slightly less than half of the popular vote. Hillary Clinton didn't have a majority of the popular vote in 2016, she had 48% compared to Trump's 46%. And some of the highest population states (California, Texas, New York) are immutable for both parties in the electoral college. If you put the votes there in play it would completely change the nature of the campaigns. > That's why gerrymandering and lack of facts are vastly larger issues on one side. Don't be partisan. The Republicans lie, the Democrats lie. The common "women make 77% of what men make" is a lie; that number doesn't account for different occupations or hours worked. Any healthcare plan that doesn't reduce the revenue of healthcare companies is not going to reduce the cost of healthcare; both parties are equally guilty of that. Nearly every statistic you hear in politics on both sides is inaccurate or taken out of context, and the Democrats are especially egregious about this with respect to intersectional politics. And gerrymandering is what the party with a legislative majority does every time the census comes in. This time it happens that mostly Republicans were in power when the lines were drawn, but don't pretend the other party wouldn't or hasn't done the same thing when it's their turn.