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Gerrymandering is an explicitly anti-democratic mechanism to allow for persistent minority rule. Both parties are engaging in this process and benefit in a loca
by germinalphrase 4y ago
Gerrymandering is an explicitly anti-democratic mechanism to allow for persistent minority rule. Both parties are engaging in this process and benefit in a localized way - but the US population a whole loses.
- zackees 4y agoSomeone has to draw the lines. It’s either going to be the representatives which are directly elected by the people or it’s going to be an unelected bureaucrats. Your solution, being the latter, is far far more undemocratic. The framers of the constitution knew this and that’s why they put redistricting into the hands of the ELECTED BODY.
- germinalphrase 4y agoIn my home state of Wisconsin, redistricting used to be completed by a panel of elected judges. This process Created competitive districts that both parties grumbled about but lived with. This process was take away from the judges and put in the hands of the elected representatives, but those representatives have a direct personal interest in trying to draw those lines such that the districts are non-competitive in their favor. I’m not sure why you view this outcome as more democratic.