When politicians redraw congressional district maps to favor their party, they may secure short-term victories. But those wins can come at a steep price — a loss of public faith in elections and, ultimately, in democracy itself.
Eroding confidence in democracy isn’t a bug for them, it’s a feature. It depresses election turnouts because more people think “what’s the point in wasting my time voting? My vote doesn’t matter.”
Another obvious conclusion brought to you by the Common Sense Corporation.
Gerrymandering erodes
confidence indemocracyYou don’t fucking say! Does water get things wet too?!
Oh, wow, now that democrats also want to Gerrymander, we see articles like this.
wait there was confidence in democracy?
Honestly, it was a long time coming. USA today is mirroring the fall of the Roman republic. People and its ruling elites became too complacent after their country became hegemons after emerging victorious from a major war. The ordinary folks became disillusioned with supposed democracy, and started to look for a strong man to get things done, by breaking the slow deliberation and bureaucracy, which only serves the oligarchs.
I didn’t think I would agree with conservatives, but they are right about a society becoming too decadent and losing their moral fibre.
Rome was never a democracy. Rome didn’t have a single war that made it hegemonic. Sorry this account is just fiction.
I refered to the republic as democracy to oversimplify the explanation, putting aside the pedantry.
And if you didn’t know what Rome’s war with Carthage was about, it was vying who will become the hegemon in the Mediterranean. Sorry you didn’t know history.
The Punic Wars were another step in the endless grinding of the Romans against every region bordering their territories. Yes both Carthage and atomen were expanding into each other’s sphere of influence, but I don’t agree that either side considered it a struggle for ultimate power.
Districts shouldn’t exist, borders shouldn’t have an effect on if you are represented.
1 person, 1 vote
That’s a real, direct democracy
Once again a silly us centric article that just glazes over the facts. The state of democracy in the states is closer to that of a course.
Where do we draw the line?
Study reveals thing working as intended
No fucking shit.
Blatant election tampering erodes confidence in democracy? Who could have seen that development?
Is this news? When I lived in ohio I knew my votes on state issues were a protest, not anything relevant. They drew the maps to guarantee their victory. The only votes that mattered were state constitution referendums, presidential votes (not primary because we were post super Tuesday), and local governance
Okay well that’s probably the dumbest headline I’ve seen all day. Is there a noShitSherlock community on Lemmy?
Remove every peaceful option, see what’s left
People roll over and die? That seems to be the American response so far.
The vast majority of Americans are still too comfortable to meaningfully act to push back. As soon as people personally start struggling to afford living, food, shelter, etc. and/or see their community going to hell, that’s when we get real action.
It’s been like this in every single civil war/uprising/revolution/etc. in history. The state’s monopoly on violence really is a strong suppressant on citizens taking action.
Almost sounds like a Sherlock Holmes quote.
