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In addition to these big-move structural proposals that will take a long time to actually be adopted, there's something everyone can do now that can have an imm
by the_snooze 3y ago
In addition to these big-move structural proposals that will take a long time to actually be adopted, there's something everyone can do now that can have an immediate effect: vote in primaries. Gerrymandering has the effect of making the general election meaningless, so the dominant party's primary becomes the whole game. If you're a Republican in Berkeley, for example, you don't need a lot of Republican and moderate voters to tilt the local Democratic primary, because not a lot of people vote in them.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/primary-election-voting-party-switching/630171/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/primary-el...