just_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoContempt as Trump claims he can run for third term: ‘This is what dictators do’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square72linkfedilinkarrow-up1615arrow-down15
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minus-squarehedgehoglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThat sounds like something someone who’s never heard of gerrymandering or voter suppression would say.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoVoter suppression would work, but you can’t gerrymander state-wide votes.
minus-squarehedgehoglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNot directly, but indirectly. You gerrymander the district-based positions, which allow you to pass legislation enabling you to suppress enough votes to win the statewide elections, too.
That sounds like something someone who’s never heard of gerrymandering or voter suppression would say.
Voter suppression would work, but you can’t gerrymander state-wide votes.
Not directly, but indirectly. You gerrymander the district-based positions, which allow you to pass legislation enabling you to suppress enough votes to win the statewide elections, too.