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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Wrong. Since the 2000 election (the one that was actually stolen), Republicans have been massively benifitting from gerrymandering to grow and expand their power, securing presidencies and taking control of the courts, all in direct spite of the wishes of the majority of the American electorate.
The electoral college is essentially just a form of gerrymandering. And it has had disastrous consequences for America and the world.
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Yes and no. It has to be close enough to gerrymander. You couldn't gerrymander something that was 70-30. Gerrymandering is an issue but only in some areas where it makes a difference. And even then, demographics may change 4 years later. Democrats should just gerrymander back when they are in power.
The problem is, they aren't in power enough at local and state levels. Democrats just have a terrible ground game. They don't get the vote out and are too worried about big gesture issue instead of kitchen table issues. It's been said in this thread, what's a young person issue that could be supported? And don't say loan forgiveness, that's a loaded issue. Some young people just finished paying off their loans, do they not get relief over the guy who defaulted?