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> Gerrymandering doesn't affect votes, it just affects how they're counted. No, gerrymandering doesn't affect the raw number of votes for each candidate, but i
by kaikai 8y ago
> Gerrymandering doesn't affect votes, it just affects how they're counted.
No, gerrymandering doesn't affect the raw number of votes for each candidate, but it undeniably affects the outcome of elections.
> it's because a majority of the people in that state have voted for that party.
That's not true, because of the affect gerrymandering can have.
- magduf 8y ago>No, gerrymandering doesn't affect the raw number of votes for each candidate, but it undeniably affects the outcome of elections. Oh, absolutely. But still, if Party X has a majority in the legislature, that still means that a very, very large number of your fellow citizens (possibly not an outright majority, depending on just how the gerrymandering worked out, but probably still very close to a majority) voted for Party X. Another thing to note is that gerrymandering does not affect all elections. For a state, gerrymandering has zero effect on the governor's election, since all votes are counted equally in that race. So Wisconsinites are entirely to blame for their choice of their governor.