Trump’s win in the state of Ohio carried with it our desire to be less fair as a state community. Evidently, we want skewing (or screwing, if you’re on the wrong side of the stick).
Bottom line, we want politicians to pick their
voters, not the other way around.
We’ve all seen the crazily gerrymandered districts across
the U.S., and there is a method, an agenda, to all that madness. It is to, in yet one more way, tilt
elections to the benefit of the political party in charge (whether D or R) at a
certain point in time (i.e., every decade).
Let me say that again, hopefully better. Based on the close of the 10-year U.S. Census, the prevailing
political party is the one who gets to redraw their state’s districting maps. The party out of charge gets no say-so. SOL.
Questions:
1. How do you feel about gerrymandering? Is it done fairly?
2. Am I correct in saying it’s a way to throw elections in
favor of the gerrymanderers? Why do Ohio
people want that? Is it because we are
currently a Red state? (BTW and FYI, a whole lotta Trump yard signs were accompanied by a "NO on Issue 1" sign.)
3. How would you suggest drawing district maps? In Ohio, I’d like it to be by county. Or, just take a pizza slicer and make a pie
out of it. Hey, I’m not kidding!
(by PrimalSoup)
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