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An even larger question is, why do we continue to let them?
cutroot
(873 posts)handmade34
(22,756 posts)but, cheating always matters; it's wrong
uponit7771
(90,304 posts)cutroot
(873 posts)Firestorm49
(4,030 posts)Here in WI we have an unelected (gerrymandered) Assembly and Legislature still thinking (wanting) to call all the shots. More votes were cast for Democrats all across the state, yet Republicans were entrenched by crooked politics - by which I mean their entire map drawing process was corrupt from the start. They even ignored subpoenas to divulge their dealings, which were conducted in private with a Madison law firm. They wouldnt even let their own rank and file in on the shady dealings. And yet they want some sort of respect?
Egregious actions taken to the furthest extent of partisanship, by all reason and common sense, should have been voided by the courts long ago, but part of the Republican strategy (successful, by the way) was to stack the state courts at all levels with their ilk.
So, to reply to your comment, who the hell knows how to get them out. The process will begin again in WI, and hopefully, on a more equitable basis. This is just another example of the erosion of the political system that we have endured for the past two hundred plus years.
Good luck to us all.
Polybius
(15,337 posts)Just two, 1984 and 1988.
dlk
(11,514 posts)Im afraid if enough dont, its all over but the crying
Amishman
(5,554 posts)Just look at the nationwide maps of the 2016 results that break it down by county or township. Lots of red.
We are concentrated in cities, with many urban core districts going 90%+ for us. Even solidly Republican districts are usually 'only' 70/30. It makes it extremely easy to gerrymander since our base is geographically concentrated already.
I've said it before, zero offices in this country are determined by nationwide popular vote. Geography always matters.