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“Republican politicians don't care and I honestly don't understand why not.” If your party is the minority (in votes, not representatives), but you need votes
by chabes 8y ago
“Republican politicians don't care and I honestly don't understand why not.”
If your party is the minority (in votes, not representatives), but you need votes to win, gerrymandering, vote suppression, unaccountability, and fraud are all welcome tactics. Majority party does it too, but doesn’t rely on it quite as much
- man2525 8y agoGerrymandering can be used to unseat an incumbent, but often it creates a safe district for one. The candidate can then loan out their warchest to members of their caucus running in closer elections. Ending the practice may end the horse trading that takes place behind closed doors. Maybe then GOP senators can spend July 4th at home rather than in Moscow presumably as some kind of a low man on the totem pole cleanup crew.