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HOW can Democrats REALLY believe in Democracy... when they go OUT OF THEIR WAY to SUBVERT the Voting System ??
Today 11:14 am
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ConservativeWave » Today, 7:41 am » wrote: ↑ HA!! So, "Trump started gerrymandering"?
That might be a little difficult since Gerrymandering goes all the way back to the early 1800's !! ...and more recently, it's happening all across America by both Democrats and Republicans... BUT, I don't think ANY state is worse than what the Virginia Democrats have proposed (which will probably be overturned as "UNCONSTITUTIONAL"), but where they tried to COMPLETELY SILENCE 49% of Virginia Voters (actually something like 45% of Virginia voters)... and will FAIL !!
Virginia, tried to give 90% of the states Representatives to the Democrats, when the actual vote totals were almost exactly 50/50 (51% to 49% actually) !
WHAT do you say we just DO AWAY with Gerrymandering NATION WISE? ...and pass a law where the states Representatives are broken up BASED on the "Dem/Rep/Ind" Voter totals... to the nearest percent? So... (States Total Reps.)/(Percentage of Legal Dem/Rep/Ind Votes)? It do it ANY other way is SCREWING the American voter !!
BUT, I don't think Democrats would do it... because they are STILL getting more representatives than they should... and they KNOW it !!
https://apnews.com/article/trump-congre ... 26f66a0331
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is pushing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional maps to create more House seats favorable to his party, part of a broader effort to help the GOP retain control of the chamber in next year’s midterm elections.The president’s directive signals part of the strategy Trump is likely to take to avoid a repeat of his first term, when Democrats flipped the House just two years into his presidency. It comes shortly before the GOP-controlled Texas Legislature is scheduled to begin a special session next week during which it will consider new congressional maps to further marginalize Democrats in the state.Asked as he departed the White House for Pittsburgh about the possibility of adding GOP-friendly districts around the country, Trump responded, “Texas will be the biggest one. And that’ll be five.”