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Thing one tonight, the magical power of jerry mangerry. "the washington post" published this diagram explaining the problem. a state that voit votes 60% bl% red. with some deviously creative drawing, you can get red winning a ma zwrjority of the districtsh a minority of the voters. it turns out this is not a thought experiment. both parties have used this to their benefit. but since 2010, republicans have been pushing the limits to it, and in some cases doing so illegally. the most extreme example that resulted in this insane district map just went up to the supreme

Republicans passed a revised gerrymandered district map to go into effect on 2015, the year of the next state senate's election. they claim the map would create a majority black district. the 25th district, a democratic stronghold that includes my old backyard of charlottesville, virginia is one seat this plan could eliminate. given the republicans adjourned that session at 4:10 p.m. in memory of general stonewall jackson, i'm sure racial sensitivity wasn't high on the agenda. 3/5 of a person is of course how enslaved people were counted under u.s. law from the late 18th century until slavery ...

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