• SaltySalamander@fedia.io
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    6 days ago

    I was referring to gerrymandering

    For the 273645234th time, gerrymandering does not play a part in a presidential election. Voter suppression, sure. Gerrymandering affects congressional elections.

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
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      6 days ago

      Agreeing with the main statement here, but there are knock on effects to gerrymandering. Higher races get fewer votes from places where the elections aren’t competitive. With few competitive races there’s less benefit to voting, so marginal voters stay home. That’s why a motivating ballot question is considered a political benefit.

      And gerrymandered states can also give the impression that state level results are a foregone conclusion as well. With the electoral college, where the number of votes on the losing side don’t matter, living under a red trifecta creates an impression that the state itself will never flip.

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      6 days ago

      Yeah, which is why Texas was able to push so many republicans through into congress when votes show that it wasn’t so stark.