• Eheran@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Why did democrats not stop the gerrymandering? Why are there so many laws that should not exist still there?

    • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      12 days ago

      Because democrats have found a way to benefit from their own misuses of the law as well, so you can see how this leaves the people trying to change this with impossible choices they have to suffer consequences of even if they make the best one. It takes a lot of fight to stand up and keep pushing through that, and those are exactly the folk I’m proud to call my country-kin

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      12 days ago

      Democrats do gerrymandering too. Basically without gerrymandering, the power would shift about 4% in Democrats favor. Enough to shift power in the House, but not as much as people think.

      (That statistic comes from a video I watched a while ago, and could be wrong, so take it with a grain of salt. I’m not an authority on this matter.)

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        11 days ago

        I suspect politics would actually shift a huge minority amount towards “no, don’t kill the planet, my grandchildren live here”.

        The billionaire planet killers can afford to buy up and lock down two parties. I doubt they can afford to buy out everyone.