President Donald Trump is pushing Republicans in Texas to redraw the state's congressional maps to help ensure the party keeps its majority in the U.S.
This is why I said it’s a case of “Don’t hate the player, hate the game.”
If our founding fathers were to have set up another method of dealing with changing populations, gerrymandering wouldn’t be a thing and we wouldn’t be having this discussion. But the rules set up by our founding fathers was essentially little more than a blueprint for gerrymandering without actually using the word gerrymandering. I don’t have to like it, but I can’t necessarily hate one party or another when they’re both just trying their best to exploit the rules they were given to maximum advantage.
They tried. All those big ass states out west weren’t states at the time and they all said fuck you guys with all your people and shit. So compromises were made.
This is why I said it’s a case of “Don’t hate the player, hate the game.”
If our founding fathers were to have set up another method of dealing with changing populations, gerrymandering wouldn’t be a thing and we wouldn’t be having this discussion. But the rules set up by our founding fathers was essentially little more than a blueprint for gerrymandering without actually using the word gerrymandering. I don’t have to like it, but I can’t necessarily hate one party or another when they’re both just trying their best to exploit the rules they were given to maximum advantage.
They tried. All those big ass states out west weren’t states at the time and they all said fuck you guys with all your people and shit. So compromises were made.