Money doesn't create congressional districts, nor does it make SCOTUS judges turn a blind eye to political gerrymandering for 200+ years. Money does influence elections, especially with Citizens United, but gerrymandering guarantees elections.
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You have to be joking... they do what they need to do to keep getting paid. If that means gerrymandering, then they gerrymander. Apathy and non-participation in state and local affairs don't help, but that isn't what is driving the train.
aug 29, 2025, 10:05 pm • 15 0 • view
Ya know, some trains have 2 engines :)
aug 29, 2025, 10:09 pm • 6 0 • view
But this one only truly has 1.... gerrymandering is a SYMPTOM, not a cause
aug 29, 2025, 10:23 pm • 10 0 • view
Picking nits doesn't really help anything.
aug 29, 2025, 10:26 pm • 4 0 • view
.... that's literally what you did though....
aug 29, 2025, 10:27 pm • 5 0 • view
No, I pointed out another cause of political dysfunction. I did not dispute the op at all.
aug 29, 2025, 10:29 pm • 2 0 • view
But you didn't point out a cause.... you pointed out a symptom.
aug 29, 2025, 10:31 pm • 4 0 • view
Gerrymandering has been around for 200 years more than Citizens United. If you want to believe that money is the ONLY cause of or political dysfunction, fine. I don't.
aug 29, 2025, 10:34 pm • 2 1 • view
Trying to rig the system by suppressing the people who don't agree may possibly be the oldest political tactic there is. In the end, it always comes down to greed. When you scratch the surface of most human disputes, it comes down to greed or love. But on a large scale, it's usually greed.
aug 30, 2025, 12:49 am • 1 0 • view
There are different "root causes," depending on how you analyze reality. You can make an equally good case that fear is the prime cause and greed is a defense against experiencing exposure and vulnerability. Or one could see will-to-power as the root problem and greed as a form of attaining it. Etc.
aug 30, 2025, 4:39 am • 1 0 • view
Several SCOTUS judges have been exposed, when it comes to taking bribes.
aug 30, 2025, 5:01 pm • 1 0 • view
Yep. We spent a lot of time prosecuting Trump when we should have been impeaching some SCOTUS members...
aug 30, 2025, 5:03 pm • 1 0 • view
People keep pointing out the gerrymandering, ignoring that their state governments are red too. I live in Ohio, and people keep telling me that the state is really blue. Yet, I can't remember the last time we had a Democratic Gov. Vance and Moreno won statewide elections.
aug 30, 2025, 5:09 pm • 0 0 • view
Well, the gerrymandering affects both presidential elections and more local results.
aug 30, 2025, 5:13 pm • 0 0 • view
Gerrymandering doesn't affect the Presidential elections. Each state gets electoral votes based on the number of Congressional + 2 for the Senators. Nothing to do with gerrymandering.
aug 31, 2025, 12:17 am • 0 0 • view
Okay
aug 31, 2025, 12:05 pm • 0 0 • view
Gerrymandering changes the voting districts, which scews the overall election results.
aug 30, 2025, 5:20 pm • 0 0 • view
It does, but the statewide elections return consistent red results. Hence, the examples of the Governor and US Senator. If the blue majority of voters were truly blue, or even if it was close to 50/50, you would expect a blue governor more than once every 30 years. See it now?
aug 30, 2025, 7:04 pm • 1 0 • view
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