▲ 260 ▼ YSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to determine election outcomes by changing electoral maps. In most western countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United States (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by siebentiger@feddit.org to c/politics@lemmy.world 28 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34012702
[–] Fabian@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Oh, I actually didn't know that. Does it not work for presidential elections? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago Nope, presidential elections use the total for the whole state and electoral college fuckery. Although counties are used like you described for reporting purposes (except for Louisiana which has parishes instead of counties). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago Nope, presidential elections use the total for the whole state and electoral college fuckery. Although counties are used like you described for reporting purposes (except for Louisiana which has parishes instead of counties). permalink fedilink source parent
