#12778206, By frightlever Donald Trump, first orange US President

frightlever 4 Nov 2020 07:48:48 1,524 posts
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fontgeeksogood wrote:
And the reason why "anyone in a red tie" does well in the US is because the gerrymandering goes all the way up to the electoral college, the numbers of votes per States has moved massively since the 80s, overwhelmingly in favor of 'red' states

Republicans face a demographic crisis, and have done since the early 80s/90s. The people they use as targets of bad behaviour are, increasingly, becoming the largest bloc of voters.

Without Republican prison/legal policy there would be about 15 million more "African American" (I find the term offensive, hence the quotes) potential voters. This was facilitated by incarcerating young black men in a system that was stacked against them from Kindergarten.

The "Latino" vote (and I use quotes because it's a stupid term that barely scrapes the cultural landscape encompassed) will mean that in the next couple of decades whole South American countries will be re-defined by Republicans as "white", regardless of skin tone. It's the only way they'll get new votes.

Gerrymandering was a first shot across the bows of Democracy. I'm sure plenty of people figured out how re-districting could be used to influence elections, but it took the Republican party to make it a manifesto.

They'll use any crack or chink in the system to find an advantage, and all they'll be met by is disappointed Democrats who hoped they'd DO better.