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This is true about voting rights (enfranchising more voters is almost always good for the left), but gerrymandering in the US is a cross-party issue. There are
by dmurray 6y ago
This is true about voting rights (enfranchising more voters is almost always good for the left), but gerrymandering in the US is a cross-party issue. There are plenty of examples of what the Supreme Court called "affirmative racial gerrymandering" that carve out districts to ensure more Democratic candidates get elected. Examples start at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering_in_the_United_States#Affirmative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering_in_the_United_S...
- sagichmal 6y ago> gerrymandering in the US is a cross-party issue. Not in the last ca. 20-30 years, it certainly isn't.
- aspenmayer 6y agoIt’s a cross-party issue in the sense that Democrat Eric Holder, former US Attorney General, has been raising money for candidates who support citizen redistributing through the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. You don’t have to be a Democratic Party candidate to be a part. I know there are also Republicans who care about this issue, but I don’t know of a better plan to fix it than this one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Democratic_Redistricting_Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Democratic_Redistrict... https://democraticredistricting.com/chairman/ https://democraticredistricting.com/chairman/
- millstone 6y agoThis is the worst kind of both-side-ism. Compare the redistricting procedures of blue states like CA or NY, to red states like TX. If anything Democrats have been way too timid about gerrymandering and have lost votes because of it.
- cafard 6y agoI would look at the history of Maryland's 8th Congressional District before I asserted that the Democrats have been timid.