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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI hate how Republicans have rigged our Democracy
Republicans, quite simply, did a very good job in drawing the congressional lines in states where they controlled the entire process after the 2010 census. Large populations of Democrats are, as Wasserman notes, packed into urban districts while Republican voters are more spread out among suburban and rural seats.
Why 2018 might not be such an amazing election for Democrats
By Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Updated 1:22 AM ET, Tue August 8, 2017
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/07/politics/2018-midterms-trump/index.html
I hope Mueller's findings are profound and that they come out next spring/summer. How can we turn this around?
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I hate how Republicans have rigged our Democracy (Original Post)
SHRED
Aug 2017
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tonyt53
(5,737 posts)1. Yeah, the GOP has done its groundwork, but damage to the Democratic Party is self-inflicted.
We have broken off into different groups, and to make things worse, some want a "purity test" for candidates. We used to be a Party that was all-inclusive.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)2. I'm sure you've read this?
Weekend Warrior
(1,301 posts)5. We've always been a warm and cozy group.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries,_1980
Never had multiple factions.
Never had multiple factions.
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)6. Sure we have, but in the end, we came together.
Weekend Warrior
(1,301 posts)7. We often do.
It's always amazed me how well the power brokers do at keeping the two party system relatively stably. That's a lot of people to cram into two boxes.
Freddie
(9,275 posts)3. Not just gerrymandering
The structure of the Senate give outsized power to rural areas and the EC can serve as gerrymandering on a national scale. The odds are against us before we even start.
world wide wally
(21,758 posts)4. We could still win elections if enough people turn out...
And we stick together.