Something I should say more often

[MadMojoMonkey]

The integrity of our democracy dilutes as you get close to the top, but on local scales, it's pretty solid.


People complaining that the presidential election isn't democratic are just failing to recognize that it hasn't ever been and probably was never intended to be. The Electoral College elects the president, not a popular vote. That system is completely corrupt, based on congressional districts that are drawn up by the congress.

Gerrymandering is less common than people think, but it's still a thing. Just not as much a thing as people say it is, which is partially evidenced that most districts do not change when the majority party changes in Congress. If neither side is unhappy with where the district lines are drawn, then it's probably not a problem.

Still... complaining that your vote for POTUS wont be counted fairly is voluntary ignorance of the fact that it never was going to be counted in the first place.

[CoccoBill]

Gerrymandering is less common than people think, but it's still a thing. Just not as much a thing as people say it is, which is partially evidenced that most districts do not change when the majority party changes in Congress. If neither side is unhappy with where the district lines are drawn, then it's probably not a problem.

"In the lead-up to the 2010 United States elections, the Republican party initiated a program called REDMAP, the Redistricting Majority Project, which recognized that the party in control of state legislatures would have the ability to set their congressional and legislative district maps based on the pending 2010 United States Census in manner to assure that party's control over the next ten years. The Republican took significant gains from the 2010 elections across several states, and by 2011 and 2012, some of the new district maps showed Republican advantage through perceived partisan gerrymandering. This set the stage for several legal challenges from voters and groups in the court system, including several heard at the Supreme Court level."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrym..._United_States