Originally Posted by pondering_it_all
BTW, gerrymandering is predicated on packing your voters in as many 5% advantage districts as possible, and putting all the opposing party's voters in as few districts as possible. But it fails spectacularly, when you are down by 6%. Then you lose BIG because you have no safe districts.
Rightwingers look at the short-term immediate gratification and do not plan for the long-haul.

Hmm

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