Self Segregating (Democratic) Voters

This is among the many reasons you get banned Desh. You didn't read the article and you don't discuss the subject.
 
Zombie Steve Jobs said:
We should move to proportional representation. Rural areas, which contribute less to America than urban areas, should have a lesser say, not a greater say. This is a distortion, areas which don't contribute anything to our nation somehow get to make all our decisions. It's disgusting. People in rural areas are barbarians that shouldn't be allowed to vote, they're uncivilized.
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LOL you sound as stupid as Trump
 
Mr. Shaman said:
Everything is temporary.....


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Mr. Sha....I don't mean anything personal by this but you'd probably get more responses if you used normal fonts and colors. I'm sure you've probably use the ones you currently do for effect but I think it has the opposite effect of what you've intended as many posters just find it annoying and scroll past your posts.
 
cawacko said:
The main premise of the article is that Democrtic voters so cluster together that it costs them in House races and even the Senate.
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The title of the article suggests that

The premise of the article is severely flawed

This has long been a problem for the party, but it has grown worse in recent years. The clustering has economic and demographic roots, but also a basic cultural element: Democrats just don’t want to live where they’d need to live to turn more of the map blue.
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J Craft said:
Where do the red necks toting guns make this claim?
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All rural Conservatives have been trying to change vote weighting for some time

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that states may satisfy “one person, one vote” rules by drawing election districts based on the total population of a place, a defeat for conservative interests that wanted the districts based only on the number of people eligible to vote.
The case, Evenwel v. Abbott, was considered one of the most important on voting rights this term, and a decision the other way would have shifted political power away from urban areas, where Democrats usually dominate, and toward more Republican-friendly rural areas.
The court’s ruling left open the possibility that other methods of reapportionment might be constitutional. But the decision was clear that using anything other than total population would face certain Supreme Court review.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...393e52-fa6f-11e5-9140-e61d062438bb_story.html
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Mr. Sha....I don't mean anything personal by this but you'd probably get more responses if you used normal fonts and colors. I'm sure you've probably use the ones you currently do for effect but I think it has the opposite effect of what you've intended as many posters just find it annoying and scroll past your posts.
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I've been on a number of boards with 'the Sha' for over a decade. He's been doing it forever. I don't remember anyone ever suggesting this to him, but I agree. It seems as if he's always yelling.
 
cawacko said:
How is that flawed when it's the truth?
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It's been pointed out at least 3 times in this thread. The author claims that those who live in urban areas do so because they don't want to move to rural areas. It glazes over the economic reality by paying lip service to the term, before making the bold claim that I highlighted.

He comes right out and gives more weight to some 'cultural' element, and dismisses the economic element.
 
cawacko said:
And how do Republican clusters cost them national elections?
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They don't have enough votes to win.

You're also forgetting that voting districts, regardless of gerrymandering are proportional to population. As Althea and I keep telling you. The authors article is based on a false premise.

Split voting has far more to do with the divided government than you think. I don't vote straight ticket. I vote for the person and I consider that persons experience, curriculum vitae and demonstrated ability above party and ideology. Often times it's no comparison. One candidate, regardless of party affiliation is significantly more qualified than the other. I tend to vote for that person unless they are so far from my beliefs and values on policy that I don't believe it to be my best interest to do so.
 
Althea said:
I've been on a number of boards with 'the Sha' for over a decade. He's been doing it forever. I don't remember anyone ever suggesting this to him, but I agree. It seems as if he's always yelling.
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Well I shall speak for myself then. I tend to scroll past his post as I find the fonts and colors annoying. Like he's shouting.
 
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