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L. Coyote

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13. This story: "Georgias Sixth District is totally rigged due to gerrymandering." That's illegal.

Tue Apr 18, 2017, 09:16 AM

Apr 2017

A lot of gerrymandered districts are vulnerable if the electorate shifts just the right amount. Gerrymandering can be too greedy to maximize the result. Then when the electorate shifts just a bit more than anticipated, the gerrymander backfires. We may witness that today.

Erica Klarreich 04.16.17.
Gerrymandering Is Illegal, but Only Mathematicians Can Prove It

Partisan gerrymandering—the practice of drawing voting districts to give one political party an unfair edge—is one of the few political issues that voters of all stripes find common cause in condemning. Voters should choose their elected officials, the thinking goes, rather than elected officials choosing their voters. The Supreme Court agrees, at least in theory: In 1986 it ruled that partisan gerrymandering, if extreme enough, is unconstitutional. ..............

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GOP Senator Accidentally Admits Georgia Special Election Already Rigged? [View all] RealityChik Apr 2017 OP

They've surely gerrymandered it, elleng Apr 2017 #1

This story: "Georgias Sixth District is totally rigged due to gerrymandering." That's illegal. L. Coyote Apr 2017 #13

'but only mathematicians can prove it.' elleng Apr 2017 #15

And for most people MATH is a huge woooosh. L. Coyote Apr 2017 #17

Right, ignorance makes a lot of things 'easier.' elleng Apr 2017 #18

Esp. when the exit polls are off by 3 times as much as the very alarming 2004 red shift. L. Coyote Apr 2017 #21

If Republicans don't lie cheat, and steal, they don't win. n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2017 #2

Right, and they've been allowed to do it for many years. elleng Apr 2017 #3

And the Dems have been letting them since 2000, at least! RealityChik Apr 2017 #4

Right, you said what I omitted. elleng Apr 2017 #5

It started with Reagan in 1980 poli3 Apr 2017 #6

Nixon did it in '68. retread Apr 2017 #9

How many people remember now that Nixon FakeNoose Apr 2017 #26

Right! Many of us recall waking that day and elleng Apr 2017 #16

It only started with Reagan if you ignore Nixon's treason. flotsam Apr 2017 #25

Agree! ananda Apr 2017 #19

On Nov 22, 1963 the country officially turned to sh*t Submariner Apr 2017 #27

Eric Holder worked really hard on this (and continues to). LisaM Apr 2017 #28

That's it exactly. Voting machines were stolen too, Hortensis Apr 2017 #7

Your own link points out these aren't the machines people vote mythology Apr 2017 #12

Seemingly the thief/thieves did not know that. Hortensis Apr 2017 #14

I'm a GA resident. The stolen machines are used to tally who voted. CottonBear Apr 2017 #20

I agree with you. Remember, there were democratic senators and ecstatic Apr 2017 #22

Yes, but there also were republican house members before 2002 onenote Apr 2017 #23

Yes. After 2000, everything changed for the worse. n/t CottonBear Apr 2017 #29

If the vote tallies do not comport with pre-election polls Mr. Ected Apr 2017 #8

Georgia is an EV state n2doc Apr 2017 #10

Yes he has a chance...and the district has not changed since Newt Gingrich. He was the Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #11

1:57 pm "Computer Issues Are Causing Voting Problems" Hortensis Apr 2017 #24