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• pessimizer 5y ago
  It's also Democratic Party excuse-making. They act as if Republicans invented and have a greater propensity to gerrymander than Democrats, when they both aggressively and energetically gerrymander when they're in the position to. The constant discussion of it is to distract from Democrats being completely wiped out in state and local elections over the past 20 years, giving exclusive gerrymandering power to Republicans.
  • colinmhayes 5y ago
    You are right, Democrats are catching on, and the house republican bias will be much smaller this year than it has been in the past. That being said, Gerrymandering still cause major issues in many state elections. Wisconsin for example had well more than 50% of votes go to democrats, yet republicans still hold a super majority in their legislature, making the dem governor powerless. North carolina has similar issues. I'm curious which state you think has gerrymandered for the dems so successfully that even when 55% of the votes go to dems republicans are still able to pass any law they want.
• cjsplat 5y ago
  As soon as 3rd party candidates become viable, they will become owned by special interests also. And calling all politicians "right wing" is pretty unclear on the concept. Perhaps they are when compared to your opinions, but if you can't see daylight between your options you have been manipulated to extreme cynicism by corporate forces that benefit from your disengagement.