LogFAQs > #911980795

LurkerFAQs, Active DB, DB1, DB2, DB3, Database 4 ( 07.23.2018-12.31.2018 ), DB5, DB6, DB7, DB8, DB9, DB10, DB11, DB12, Clear

Topic List	Page List: 1
Topic	Dems always seem to screw things up for themselves.
OrangeDawn 11/07/18 11:28:22 AM #14:	Judgmenl posted... "Popular Vote" in any kind of national election is completely irrelevant, congress especially. Congress represents communities (Stats for the Senate, Communities for the House), not people of other states. Media only cares about the about popular vote because they know that the blue party is better at it than the red party because of California. It's irrelevant only in that the popular vote doesn't decide anything on a midterm year. It's relevant because, like I said, it shows that a large majority of the people aren't being represented due to the unfair gerrymandering of states like North Carolina. North Carolina has 13 seats in the US House. Democrats only lost the popular vote in North Carolina by 2% or 60,000 votes (and one of those districts was a republican running unopposed). So you'd think that North Carolina should be fairly evenly split in the US House. Wrong, It's 10 republicans and three democrats and the districts have been gerrymandered in such a way to allow a party look more popular than it really is. You're not going to convince anyone that those district lines actually represent "communities" like you believe they should. Heck, these lines are being forcefully redrawn because they were deemed unconstitutional. People aren't being represented equally and it's painfully obvious. --- 3DS Friend Code: 3308-5843-0863 Town: Virginia <cite>OrangeDawn posted [p:911980795] in Dems alway... [t:77179056]...</cite> <quote><cite>Judgmenl posted...</cite> <quote>"Popular Vote" in any kind of national election is completely irrelevant, congress especially. Congress represents communities (Stats for the Senate, Communities for the House), not people of other states. Media only cares about the about popular vote because they know that the blue party is better at it than the red party because of California.</quote> It's irrelevant only in that the popular vote doesn't decide anything on a midterm year. It's relevant because, like I said, it shows that a large majority of the people aren't being represented due to the unfair gerrymandering of states like North Carolina. North Carolina has 13 seats in the US House. Democrats only lost the popular vote in North Carolina by 2% or 60,000 votes (and one of those districts was a republican running unopposed). So you'd think that North Carolina should be fairly evenly split in the US House. Wrong, It's 10 republicans and three democrats and the districts have been gerrymandered in such a way to allow a party look more popular than it really is. You're not going to convince anyone that those district lines actually represent "communities" like you believe they should. Heck, these lines are being forcefully redrawn because they were deemed unconstitutional. People aren't being represented equally and it's painfully obvious. --- 3DS Friend Code: 3308-5843-0863 Town: Virginia</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Topic List	Page List: 1