just_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 天前Contempt as Trump claims he can run for third term: ‘This is what dictators do’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1614arrow-down15
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minus-squarebarneypiccolo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 天前Six flips is asking a lot when Red states are tending to lean more purple these days.
minus-squarehedgehog@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 天前That sounds like something someone who’s never heard of gerrymandering or voter suppression would say.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 天前Voter suppression would work, but you can’t gerrymander state-wide votes.
minus-squarehedgehog@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 天前Not directly, but indirectly. You gerrymander the district-based positions, which allow you to pass legislation enabling you to suppress enough votes to win the statewide elections, too.
Six flips is asking a lot when Red states are tending to lean more purple these days.
That sounds like something someone who’s never heard of gerrymandering or voter suppression would say.
Voter suppression would work, but you can’t gerrymander state-wide votes.
Not directly, but indirectly. You gerrymander the district-based positions, which allow you to pass legislation enabling you to suppress enough votes to win the statewide elections, too.