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What is the worst facet of American elections?

the wooooorst

  • Electoral College

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Campaign finance

    Votes: 30 46.2%

  • Gerrymandering

    Votes: 24 36.9%

  • Other (specify)

    Votes: 11 16.9%
  • Total voters
    65
Okay. Couldn't tell and the colors were similar. Still, there's nothing nonfuckedup about those districts.
 
94Deac said:
So, is the 4th District not contiguous? Does it run from the blue 12, up to the 6, and back down into the 2 and not connect in the middle? Seriously?
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Nah, that would be CRAZY!

Those are two separate districts. Here is how they look overlapped on Google Maps. Gerrymandering! WEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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bobknightfan said:
The worst facet of American elections? That's an easy one....like shooting fish in a barrel. It can be summed up in one word....and it's the same thing that has fucked up sports as well as many other things in this country. And that one word is so obvious that nobody even has to say what it is. Everyone knows without saying.
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teh gheys
 
deacvision7 said:
Nah, that would be CRAZY!

Those are two separate districts. Here is how they look overlapped on Google Maps. Gerrymandering! WEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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Somewhere, to someone, this makes sense. Someone who is otherwise reasonable and fairly educated looks at this and says "There. Looks good."
 
94Deac said:
Somewhere, to someone, this makes sense. Someone who is otherwise reasonable and fairly educated looks at this and says "There. Looks good."
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Yeah, because that person knows it is why they keep getting re-elected instead sitting their ass on a street corner wearing a helmet.
 
94Deac said:
Somewhere, to someone, this makes sense. Someone who is otherwise reasonable and fairly educated looks at this and says "There. Looks good."
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Makes perfect sense if you want to overload one district with urban blacks and make 3 others predominately white, rural people.
 
bobknightfan said:
The worst facet of American elections? That's an easy one....like shooting fish in a barrel. It can be summed up in one word....and it's the same thing that has fucked up sports as well as many other things in this country. And that one word is so obvious that nobody even has to say what it is. Everyone knows without saying.
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O-B-A-M-A
 
Political ads. All 3 above are what make the United States special.

Also, where's the 19th Amendment choice?
 
Gerrymandering. Districts that are safe for one party are the reason the House is so much more extreme and disfunctional than the Senate. When your biggest opponent is your primary challenger, rather than the general election opponent, you get pushed to extremes.

Campaign finance is a problem as well, but much less likely to be fixed. While Citizens United has had a terrible impact, the legal reasoning is sound. If we want to limit expenditures, we will need a constitutional amendement. Good luck with that.
 
The loser complaining that either the election was fixed, the opponent cheated, not enough people voted, or the people who did vote are too stupid to know what is good for them.

That and gerrymandered districts. Agree that it pushes both sides to the extremes.
 
Gerrymandering to the extent we have it makes a mockery out of representational goverment. If these inane campaign ads are effective then we are just getting the government we deserve.
 
Wrangor said:
The loser complaining that either the election was fixed, the opponent cheated, not enough people voted, or the people who did vote are too stupid to know what is good for them.

That and gerrymandered districts. Agree that it pushes both sides to the extremes.
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I think saying that "not enough people voted" doesn't really fit in that list. And while I do agree the other ones are obnoxious, I do kind of agree with the last one in a handful of races. Not that they're too stupid to know what is good for themselves specifically but too stupid to actually know what they're voting on. Ignorance, including willful ignorance, is a pretty big problem in a democratic republic or democracy IMO.
 
Maryland. Congratulations! Your congressional district lines are as ugly as your putrid flag.


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ROSCOE

Just some quality names from those elected officials. CUMMINGS, ROSCOE, STENY, DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER
 
i showed my boss the 12th district of NC and he said it looked like EBOLA
 
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