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DerekPDX t1_iu0u8i7 wrote

Honest question, and this might be my ignorance showing through, but why do all of these districts (here and in other states) always tend to favor republicans? In other words, why do republicans always get to set the district maps?

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a1234321 t1_iu0xyyk wrote

It's done by committee but when a party has a majority it's going to tend to favor the party of the majority.

Since we don't have any rules to make it a 50/50 thing, it's always a risk for runaway gerrymandering for future wins.

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valleyman02 t1_iu198yk wrote

That's kind of the point though. It's not just a risk it's guaranteed. Politicians should never get to decide the districts. Although if I can set my own salary then I'll let them pick their own districts.

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Final_Act6703 OP t1_iu1i3pe wrote

Republicans are a centralized monolith run from the top down which engages in perfect political strategy. Their policies benefit the top, and are wildly unpopular, so they funded down ballot races to change the political rules.

Democrats are more grass roots and do not play politics the same way. They are resigned to winning elections with popular policies.

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mod-corruption t1_iu1u3if wrote

This is a bogus take lmao.

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Final_Act6703 OP t1_iu1y0d6 wrote

Billionaires pay strategists and think tanks to come up with lists of phrases and talking points. Fox News, Breitbart, WSJ, talk radio, and politicians repeat the talking points. Republican voters hear this and repeat the lists too. That is how it has worked my entire life.

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mod-corruption t1_iu2jwde wrote

And this stuff doesn’t exist in the Democrat Party? They’re just a grassroots organization that has success because their policies are popular? They don’t have any media conglomerates regurgitating their propaganda?

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Final_Act6703 OP t1_iu51z7l wrote

Turns out people like higher wages, healthcare, and access to education. Not much of a conspiracy there.

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Final_Act6703 OP t1_iu1xoot wrote

Billionaires pay strategists and think tanks to come up with lists of phrases and talking points. Fox News, Breitbart, WSJ, talk radio, and politicians repeat the talking points. Republican voters hear this and repeat the lists too. That is how it has worked my entire life.

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Zealousideal_Walk515 t1_iu2bfdv wrote

What are you smoking? Democrats are the most diabolical politicians of them all. See Harry Reid using the nuclear option, Nancy Pelosi “deeming” Obamacare into law, the continual harassment of the previous president the entire term and since he left, what they did to Kavanaugh, the list is endless…!

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Final_Act6703 OP t1_iu4fkj8 wrote

Sorry, passing legislation which helped tens of millions of Americans gain access to healthcare is the opposite of “diabolical”. Reducing pain, suffering, and death of Americans is the result of improved access to healthcare.

Donald Trump is credibly accused of committing many felony crimes. No American is above the law.

Kavanaugh was credibly accused of sexually assaulting multiple women. Investigating a SCOTUS nominee for credible rape accusations is just.

You are living in an upside down reality.

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fins4ever t1_iu41pee wrote

Because Republicans put more effort into winning state and local elections and so control more states. But blue states like Illinois and Maryland do the same thing in favor of democrats, there are just less blue states

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CDogNH t1_iu1pino wrote

They don't. In dem states they favor dems, in republican states they favor republicans. This is not a secret and it's been going on longer than we've been alive

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