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34. Big K&R

Fri Apr 21, 2017, 05:56 PM

Apr 2017

And because of this targeted voter disenfranchisement, folks eventually just "give up" and the GOP solidifies their power at the state level which allows them to control the redistricting for the federal level.

You see that reflected in a number of states like here in PA where gerrymandering and voter roll purges and Democrats running away from Obama in 2010, allowed the GOP to take over the entire State Assembly (gaining the PA State House in 2010). And with their also taking the governorship, ended up having them with the full power to decide the congressional districts. PA is a state that had (and still has) almost 1,000,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans, yet the Congressional delegation is currently 13 GOP members & 5 Democratic members. It really should be closer to 7 Democratic and 6 Republican based on registration.

This kind of crap should not be happening but it is (PA-7) -

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