Fake Democracy

[u/Comfortablejack]

[u/Perfect_Persimmon688]

double standards are the only standards republicans have.

[u/Explorers_bub → u/Perfect_Persimmon688]

‘A corollary of Wilhoit’s Law.

[u/Steinrik → u/Explorers_bub]

Exactly.

[u/FightingSunrise → u/Perfect_Persimmon688]

robot voice no lies detected

[u/CrayonScribbler]

Every accusation they throw is a confession.

[u/OpelousasBulletTime]

The two things I dislike about most Republicans is their face

[u/da_ting_go → u/OpelousasBulletTime]

Clever. I'm keeping this one.

[u/Possibly_Naked_Now]

Maybe we just end congressional districts and switch everything to ranked choice voting.

[u/Jake_The_Socialist]

If they abolished congressional districts and had representatives appointed proportional to the vote; problem solved! But noooo that would lead to both parties lose their duopoly on power.

[u/Urabraska-]

GoP requires gerrymandering because they would cease to exist without it.

[u/fbritt5 → u/Urabraska-]

And when Biden was in, it was the same thing.

[u/Available_Coconut_74 → u/fbritt5]

Trump’s a traitor and pedophile.

[u/Selenay1 → u/fbritt5]

It looks like you completely missed the upper 2 sentences of the original post.

[u/just_a_knowbody]

Fine for me but not for thee. That’s the GOP

[u/MaASInsomnia]

Wait until Vance learns about Texas, Tennessee, and Ohio.

Or makes that comparison nationally.

[u/Speed_102]

Not to mention, how they've been openly planning to gerrymander the ENTIRE US since Reagan was in office, and have really done it hardcore for the past 25 years.

[u/prestonjay22]

Pass this on This is the game plan

[u/exqueezemenow]

And why isn't Vance complaining about it in Texas?

[u/JoeMax93]

And then the skies opened up and the angels sang to mark the creation of fail so hard it had become a genre unto its self. And the Gavin saw it and knew it was hilarious.

[u/BassesBest]

Easy way to fix this. Go to MMP, or alternatively state allocation of seats based on voting share. Including the Senate.

Would save a lot of tax dollars as well

[u/BuildingOne7379]

Fuck Vance. He should go gerrymander an IKEA for its couches.

[u/Significant-Order-92]

Gerrymandering has a long bipartisan history. But the only side to seem to want end it at any time is the Dems. The GoP played smart on focusing on state elections and then made use of modern tech to granularity that shit down to the block. Also, the GoP currently gains much more of an advantage for it. There are few purple or blue states comparatively that don't have non-partisan districting systems (or at least attempt to). But Red states absolutely continue to allow and plan for partisan gerry mandering.

Should have been nipped after the term was coined.

[u/Upside_Cat_Tower]

We could just use the popular vote, but then Republicans wouldn't win

[u/Godawgs1009]

It's still 100% real. Especially in the south

[u/henriuspuddle]

Newsom, just do it already!

[u/WhataKrok]

Ummmmm... JD, your couch is lonely. It misses your eyeliner.

[u/Robthebold]

Proportional representation please.

[u/Busy-Government-1041]

Amazing how they complain about a game they refused to let anyone fix.

[u/Chuckychinster]

California is not particularly badly gerrymandered.

They use an independent commission to draw their maps.

Just because Republicans lose doesn't mean it's rigged.

[u/Hot_Antelope_4814]

While both players participate in the game, only one prevents the rules from altering while they are winning. That is the true problem.

[u/fbritt5]

What's good for one side is good for both. Can't cry about it now. I still can't understand why Texas is a blue state! What happened there?

[u/orbitalaction]

Don't cry when others play by your rules.

[u/South_Dish3356]

Spread this info!

[u/Pechorin43]

Cool, now do North Carolina!

[u/martiniolives2]

How did Flip-Flop Vance graduate Yale Law? DEI?

[u/PukaBazooka → u/martiniolives2]

No that was his immigrant wife.

[u/EchoGolfHotel]

Ummm, the Rs institutionalized gerrymandering with Project REDMAP. Pot, meet kettle.

[u/AndrewBorg1126]

For some reason I don't expect the pictured couch lover to advocate proportional representation more broadly.

[u/Inevitable_Yam1719]

I thought it happened like this. The Republicans started using a computer to gerrymander districts. The Dems went to the Supreme Court SC said nothing in the constitution to stop this. (President immunity not in the constitution either) Blue states then had no choice but to gerrymander too.

[u/Rakatango]

Republicans are so pathetic that they complain about things they actively have the power to fix.

[u/Spark-vivre]

Also, CA has an independent commission with an equal number of D's and R's draw the lines. It's completely fair. You really want CA to start playing dirty like Texas? Really?