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Wuddles440

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13. Along with the gerrymandering,...

Reply to WarGamer (Original post)

Fri Mar 15, 2024, 02:19 PM

Mar 2024

the most significant problem and reason for the disparity in representation is the low participation of voters in the urban areas (D) versus the highly motivated, rural voters (R).

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Latest Poll... Mixed news out of OHIO, Biden down but Brown UP, maybe. [View all] WarGamer Mar 2024 OP

Trump up by 10? Sky Jewels Mar 2024 #1

we really need Brown to hold that seat... WarGamer Mar 2024 #2

We are gerrymandered out the wazoo. Alliepoo Mar 2024 #3

No, it isn't why Polybius Mar 2024 #6

Same thing Ontheboundry Mar 2024 #8

Trump won by 8 last time, so it could be true Polybius Mar 2024 #9

Ohio isn't really purple anymore. Happy Hoosier Mar 2024 #4

I went to college there Ontheboundry Mar 2024 #11

From the article: Polybius Mar 2024 #7

The Mondale Counties of Appalachia and psuedo Appalachia dsc Mar 2024 #12

I'm in Lake County. TSExile Mar 2024 #16

Dolan is leading the Republican primary, but barely Polybius Mar 2024 #5

I think it's winner take all. TSExile Mar 2024 #15

Ohio is a lost state and now is permanently red kimbutgar Mar 2024 #10

I don't want to think that any state is permanently red. totodeinhere Mar 2024 #18

Along with the gerrymandering,... Wuddles440 Mar 2024 #13

Gerrymandering Ontheboundry Mar 2024 #17

True... Wuddles440 Mar 2024 #19

Yup sometimes Ontheboundry Mar 2024 #20

You and I have different impressions of the discussion. Wuddles440 Mar 2024 #21

We must learn from 2022. TSExile Mar 2024 #14