When politicians redraw congressional district maps to favor their party, they may secure short-term victories. But those wins can come at a steep price — a loss of public faith in elections and, ultimately, in democracy itself.
It’s a feature, not a bug.
"If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.” - David Frum
Exactly. When people lose faith in democracy, leaders have free rein.
Blatant election tampering erodes confidence in democracy? Who could have seen that development?
Gerrymandering erodes 𝖼̶𝗈̶𝗇̶𝖿̶𝗂̶𝖽̶𝖾̶𝗇̶𝖼̶𝖾̶ ̶𝗂̶𝗇̶ democracy. FIFU
Oh, wow, now that democrats also want to Gerrymander, we see articles like this.
wait there was confidence in democracy?
Honestly, it was a long time coming. USA today is mirroring the fall of the Roman republic. People and its ruling elites became too complacent after their country became hegemons after emerging victorious from a major war. The ordinary folks became disillusioned with supposed democracy, and started to look for a strong man to get things done, by breaking the slow deliberation and bureaucracy, which only serves the oligarchs.
I didn’t think I would agree with conservatives, but they are right about a society becoming too decadent and losing its moral fibre.
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No shit
That’s the point.
Districts shouldn’t exist, borders shouldn’t have an effect on if you are represented.
1 person, 1 vote
That’s a real, direct democracy
Undemocratic thing is undemocratic.
Shocked Pikachu
Is this news? When I lived in ohio I knew my votes on state issues were a protest, not anything relevant. They drew the maps to guarantee their victory. The only votes that mattered were state constitution referendums, presidential votes (not primary because we were post super Tuesday), and local governance
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You don’t fucking say! Does water get things wet too?!
Eroding confidence in democracy isn’t a bug for them, it’s a feature. It depresses election turnouts because more people think “what’s the point in wasting my time voting? My vote doesn’t matter.”
Where do we draw the line?
