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[+] -41 points 3 years ago (23 children)

Both parties are gerrymandering as much as they can get away with. If you meant the electoral college that's part of being a federation of states, sorry. Changing the rules to benefit your team is not exactly fair either, right?

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  • [–] 25 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    If the number of electors was distributed in a way that didn't give disproportional representation to states with very small populations, that would be great. Also, the notion that the US is truly a federation of independent states hasn't been accurate for at least 200 years.

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  • [+] -25 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    It's a bit disproportional for a few states but then again, you can say the votes of people in Wyoming are worth more relatively speaking but it's still just 3 electors in the end. No one will pay much attention to them either way, unlike the more populous states which can swing elections.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    unlike the more populous states which can swing elections.

    You say that like it's a bad thing for people to be in charge rather than arbitrary lines drawn on maps.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    It is not just Wyoming, but many states. States like Wyoming and North Dakota get 2-3 times the votes per population as states like California, Florida or Illinois. For states such as New Mexico and Arkansas, the ratio is more like 1.5 times the more populous states. It just doesn't make sense according to how the system is supposed to work.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago* (4 children)

    No, that's a straight up lie. Multiple blue states have independent commissions that draw the maps, meanwhile red states refuse to allow even that.

    I'm sick of fascists trying to gaslight people into believing that everyone is the same as they are. You're a blatant liar.

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  • [+] -15 points 3 years ago (3 children)
  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Almond joys got deez nuts, Mounds don’t

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  • [–] -5 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    Fuck the teams. What's my team? I'm an independent. I've never once been registered in a party in my decades of voting. Knock off the team bullshit. It's how idiots think

    It would be nice if 40-45% of the country didn't try to force the other 60% to live by their rules.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Lol you're only an independent because it inflates your ego. You actually think you're smarter than everyone else. You even say as much. It has fuck all to do with your political views or any desire to make the country a better place.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    I'm an independent because I will vote for whoever makes sense. I never vote party line and I never vote for only one party consistently. If I'm calling people stupid it's because they think aligning with a party no matter what makes sense. It doesn't. It's rigid and ignorant. So yeah, I'm smarter than people like that

    Just lately, republicans have become so toxic and stupid, I wouldn't dare vote that way. It's objectively terrible

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