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Xipe Totec

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17. Gerrymandering can only get them so far.
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 02:26 PM
Oct 2013

And it actually makes them more vulnerable, not less, because it spreads thin majorities over the largest possible number of districts. This magnifies the effect of slight shifts in voter sentiment - turning these slight shifts into landslides.

But we'll see what happens.

2014. And that's all there is. Laelth Oct 2013 #1
Many of them live in gerrymandered districts where they will be elected no matter what. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #7
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #11
Keeping their jobs? nt Xipe Totec Oct 2013 #2
Gerrymandered districts will keep many of them in their jobs. n/t Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #8
Gerrymandering can only get them so far. Xipe Totec Oct 2013 #17
That was the old way to do Gerrymandering, the Rethugs changed that in 2010. Savannahmann Oct 2013 #22
That math makes no sense. Xipe Totec Oct 2013 #31
They aren't going to pick up seats in the house. Savannahmann Oct 2013 #32
We seem to be talking past each other Xipe Totec Oct 2013 #33
Same thing that happened when Gingrich and the GOP did it in 1995. FSogol Oct 2013 #3
This is a good answer. We can hpe that some districts are not so gerrymandered Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #10
While gerrymandering sucks, it is often an excuse not to do anything. FSogol Oct 2013 #18
fucking dumb asses gopiscrap Oct 2013 #4
They got there beig dumb asses, and elected by dumb assess. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #9
Exactly gopiscrap Oct 2013 #12
Losing their power. With election a year away people will remember. Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #5
I haven't seen a lot of evidence of pragmatic governance since Eye of Newt Gingrich Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #13
2014 election HappyMe Oct 2013 #6
I will be saying this until everyone gets it Hutzpa Oct 2013 #14
This^^^^^^! nt Mnemosyne Oct 2013 #15
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #19
This is it exactly. They have no incentive, and we can only changing it by getting out and voting. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #30
ah and another to tell us in a very clear moment of victory how we should be feeling defeat. seabeyond Oct 2013 #16
Isn't it amazing? HappyMe Oct 2013 #21
i think. not putting my info yet to check it out. thought i would let others play with the seabeyond Oct 2013 #23
There's plenty of time. HappyMe Oct 2013 #26
I said nothing about the ACA, which is making things better Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #28
What victory are we celebrating? And I didn't tell you how to feel. I asked why they should change. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #27
They have no incentive, in fact they actually want to destroy the country. The incentive is for lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #20
They only hate the parts of government that helps people Marrah_G Oct 2013 #24
Take another look at it for a moment. Savannahmann Oct 2013 #25
Didn't happen that way the last time... brooklynite Oct 2013 #29
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