> That's true, but its not a conspiracy either I'm not saying it's a conspiracy. Everyone is just acting in their own self interest. > Supermajority is unstab

> That's true, but its not a conspiracy either I'm not saying it's a conspiracy. Everyone is just acting in their own self interest. > Supermajority is unstable It hasn't always been a 50/50 split. It's a relatively new phenomenon. > demotivated voters on the other side (or, in extreme cases, tricking them into failing to vote) is a strategy central to, and incentivized by, the electoral system. Both can be true. They want to get more votes. They want their opponent to get less votes. They use whatever tricks they have up their sleeve to accomplish both goals. I agree redistricting and other dirty games are big part of that process. But I don't think it's controversial to say that another big part of the game plan is to sow division. Have you ever witnessed any organization that is more publicly derogatory towards their collegues than congress? It's a complete shit show. > They usually aren’t because our system is designed with lots of veto points That's true, and in my opinion this makes a vote for policitian X even less important, despite all of the "the future of our country is at stake" talk we hear every single election.