Ugly Gerry – Font created from congressional districts

Re:Ugly Gerry – Font created from congressional districts by jellicle on Thursday August 01, 2019 @03:46PM (#20587556)

Can't we make the exact opposite argument?

In the unbalanced system which currently exists in the USA, rural voters are given huge, disproportionate advantage in electoral power, leading to national decisions being made that favor them (have some more farm subsidies!) and ignoring the voices of the millions of citizens who happen to live in large cities and populous states.

Why are rural people better than city people? Shouldn't it be.. equal?

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Re:Ugly Gerry – Font created from congressional districts by RhysU on Friday August 02, 2019 @06:56AM (#20592001)

It is interesting to read one significant thread here discussing gerrymandering starting as an effort to increase minority representation. Otherwise, minority blocs can be overridden by a majority and diluted into have no representation.

Then another thread discussing rural voters being given excessive representation. Why shouldn't the cities dominate, they ask?

Rural voters comprise a minority.

How consistent should these threads be in terms of the arguments and what is seen as good? How consistent are they in practice?

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Re:Ugly Gerry – Font created from congressional districts by dahdum on Thursday August 01, 2019 @08:05PM (#20589561)

If you look at educational attainment, health, poverty rates, and other factors it doesn’t seem to biased towards rural communities. They fall behind in all those measures.

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