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In reply to the discussion: Why Hasn't The American Left Convinced More Americans To Vote For More Progressive Candidates? [View all]dem in texas
(2,674 posts)Much of it has to do with the way the districts are gerrymandered for all levels of elections. In a federal election, my democratic vote means nothing because I live in Texas. Here in Dallas, I live in a area that is strongly Democratic, but the state and local keep slicing the districts apart so the powers to be can have their selected candidates elected. Scott Griggs used to be my Dallas city councilman. Now he has been thrown in with another city council member because he did not vote for the toll road in the river bottoms. I have not good choice for councilman anymore, both candidates will vote with the white citizens council to build the toll road. I have voted against the road once and the matter won't die because land developers who own the land edging the flood area keep the matter alive. They just keep changing the make-up of the voting districts and sooner or later they will get what they want. I image it is happening everywhere. Look at Austin, a heavy democratic stronghold, it was split up, I think with parts of the town in five districts. I used to live in Anchorage, Alaska and had the same thing happen there. I lived in the Muldoon area, but had to go out on O'Malley road to vote because of gerrymandering.