General Motors to Lay Off 2,000 Employees in Ohio and Michigan

Re:General Motors to Lay Off 2,000 Employees in Ohio and Mic... by talmand on Thursday November 10, 2016 @09:45AM (#12920742)

I keep hearing that, and yet Congress and the Presidency changes hands constantly. I would think gerrymandering has a greater impact on local and state level elections.

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Re:General Motors to Lay Off 2,000 Employees in Ohio and Mic... by ssharp on Thursday November 10, 2016 @12:01PM (#12922060)

Gerrymandering has a clear effect on the House. Some of the districts that were redrawn in my home state (Ohio) are completely absurd and if you look at their shapes, their only purpose is to maximize Republican's chances at winning districts.

Still, as Trump showed, you can flip the needle to the other side.

The Senate can't be Gerrymandered but a lot of people argue it's not fair for California and New York to have the same level of Senate representation as North and South Dakota.

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Re:General Motors to Lay Off 2,000 Employees in Ohio and Mic... by talmand on Thursday November 10, 2016 @01:34PM (#12922929)

I would say the effect is not that strong since, as I said, it changes hands quite often. Besides, it's not like Democrats don't use the practice to their advantage whenever they gain control of a state legislature. I would prefer they both stop the nonsense and base it on county lines.

>> The Senate can't be Gerrymandered but a lot of people argue it's not fair for California and New York to have the same level of Senate representation as North and South Dakota.

Only from people that don't understand how Congress works. Making the Senate more fair for large states against small states just turns it into another House of Representatives. Which, of course, favors one party over another which I'm sure is the basis for the argument.

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Re:General Motors to Lay Off 2,000 Employees in Ohio and Mic... by mikestew on Thursday November 10, 2016 @04:27PM (#12924548)

The Senate can't be Gerrymandered but a lot of people argue it's not fair for California and New York to have the same level of Senate representation as North and South Dakota.

And thus demonstrating that they didn't pay enough attention in that civics class because "it's stupid and when am I going to need to know this?", where it was clearly explained why it's done this way. Hint: feature, not a bug.

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