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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Still needs some work to evolve to the Voltaire's nightmare that is the HRE.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

My old district!! So glad I'm not represented by that smug-ass pirate any more, would be better if a crocodile bit his arm off though

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

slow golf clap

A-1 meme

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Where's the image from? That's not what it looks like according to Wikipedia

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Here it is from 2013–2023

It's a bit down the page at the end of the large table of representatives.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Ah, so it became normalwy in 2021/2023. Thank goodness.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

No idea about this district, but gerrymandered districts don't have to look gerrymandered: https://youtu.be/Lq-Y7crQo44

Which raises big questions about how we determine if a redistricting is "fair" and what that even means.

[–] [email protected] 118 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 122 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Nowadays this practice has evolved to such ridiculous proportions I'd rather call it gerryzard.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago

That response:

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

Yes, you're right, it has evolved