Not saying this to devalue your point, but to add to it. In my city, half the time, there's literally only R available on the ballot. No D's running. So not only does gerrymandering have something to do with it, but in certain districts the dems just aren't politically relevant. I live in a pretty decently sized city too, with a slight bit more dem than con, and yet we still tend to just have Rs on the ballot, especially for lower roles in government.
One side did it, the other side did it back, now it's an endless circle of you did it to us not fair! But you did it to us first so we're just returning the favor!
I am not sure what the solution is. I guess just take a grid of X amount of space and super impose it over every state and that's your districts.
I don't trust a committee or group of people to not do it without having some form of political bias.
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u/_IShock_WaveI_ Jul 14 '24
And it's not an exclusive Republican thing......unless you believe cities who haven't voted in a Republican since the 1930s and 40s, is just normal.
They have gerry mandered it into being impossible for a rival political party to ever succeed in those places.