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minus-squarebarneypiccolo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoSix flips is asking a lot when Red states are tending to lean more purple these days.
minus-squarehedgehog@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoThat sounds like something someone who’s never heard of gerrymandering or voter suppression would say.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoVoter suppression would work, but you can’t gerrymander state-wide votes.
minus-squarehedgehog@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoNot directly, but indirectly. You gerrymander the district-based positions, which allow you to pass legislation enabling you to suppress enough votes to win the statewide elections, too.
Six flips is asking a lot when Red states are tending to lean more purple these days.
That sounds like something someone who’s never heard of gerrymandering or voter suppression would say.
Voter suppression would work, but you can’t gerrymander state-wide votes.
Not directly, but indirectly. You gerrymander the district-based positions, which allow you to pass legislation enabling you to suppress enough votes to win the statewide elections, too.