Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoHow does gerrymandering work? How does drawing new maps in a state to say these over here are repubs and the over here are dems? How does it matter when it just goes to the state vote?message-squaremessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up124
arrow-up124message-squareHow does gerrymandering work? How does drawing new maps in a state to say these over here are repubs and the over here are dems? How does it matter when it just goes to the state vote?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareSpeedRunner@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoThis is basically an issue only if you live in a two-party winner-takes-all country. By redrawing the maps you ensure that in most districts your preferred party wins. Most countries do not function like this.
This is basically an issue only if you live in a two-party winner-takes-all country. By redrawing the maps you ensure that in most districts your preferred party wins.
Most countries do not function like this.