Comment on YSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to choose their own voters. In many countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United States

DemandtheOxfordComma@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• iceonfire1@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Unfortunately whichever party is in power is incentivized to be in favor of biasing the process toward themselves, both parties choose to keep gerrymandering even though it’s obviously voter suppression.

  This is also why neither of them will support ranked choice/instant run-off voting.

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• AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They’ve had plenty of opportunities and haven’t done it.

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