This Pennsylvania lawmaker says nobody's vote counts

[TexasTowelie]

Except for local races -- mayor, council, school board, tax collector, state representative -- the voters in Harrisburg might as well pack it in.

On the state and national stages their votes don't count for much. In congressional races, their votes don't matter at all, according to state Sen. Daylin Leach.

The same goes for the registered voters in Reading, the commonwealth's fifth-largest city, and the smaller burg of Coatesville.

All three cities -- overwhelmingly Democratic and largely minority -- are in congressional election districts where their votes are buried by a larger Republican, mostly white vote.

Read more: http://www.ydr.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/08/why-pennsylvania-lawmaker-says-nobodys-vote-counts/364858001/

[Freedomofspeech]

1. We live in SW PA...

I fondly remember when our area was a beautiful dark blue...now it's a hideous blood red. The hillbillies here still have their trump signs in their yards and their bumper stickers on their pick up trucks. I hate it...and them.

[berksdem]

2. The Reading part is absolutely true

but there are a lot of us who are fighting the gerrymandering that is going on. This is one are that our grass-roots group likes to educate people on. It is crazy...

[FakeNoose]

3. Gerrymandering is the gift that keeps on giving

Unfortunately it's a gift to conservative candidates who don't have to work very hard to get elected.

We must end gerrymandering now.

It's the reason why Democrats are under-represented in PA and Federal government now. The GOP figured out how to cheat us out of our vote and the result is this ridiculous government we don't deserve.

We can't sit on our cans anymore - this is something worth fighting for!

[DeminPennswoods]

4. Erie is also divided

into two overwhelmingly GOP districts.