RabzonKhan
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This redistricting mess is damn killing common sense. I’ve been watching this whole fiasco lately, and it’s getting out of hand. It feels like this all started when Trump pushed the state of Texas to redraw its maps mid-decade. Then California retaliated with their own map changes, and now every red and blue state is jumping in on the action like it’s a game.
What drives me crazy is seeing the "little guys", and I’m putting myself in that category too, actually jumping up and down and cheering for this. People need to sit down and really think about how destructive this is for us. In a real democracy, we the voters are supposed to pick the politicians. But what we’re seeing now is the exact opposite, the Republican and Democratic parties are picking their voters. How crazy is that?
We are literally handing our voting power over to the party bosses on a silver platter. All we’re doing is making the party establishments stronger while we get weaker. When we create these ruby red and dark blue districts, we’re making those seats untouchable. Once a district is "safe," the parties know they don’t have to work for us anymore. This is exactly why Congress has such a pathetic approval rating, they don’t have to care what the average person thinks because they know their seat is protected.
This is a disaster for our democracy. We’re creating a world where the general election doesn't even matter because everything is decided in the primaries. And we all know who wins those, the most rigid, extreme candidates on both sides.
The big losers are the moderates. Imagine a country led by nothing but those two extremes. What a total mess. We’re basically building walls around our own votes and then wondering why nothing ever actually changes for the better.
What drives me crazy is seeing the "little guys", and I’m putting myself in that category too, actually jumping up and down and cheering for this. People need to sit down and really think about how destructive this is for us. In a real democracy, we the voters are supposed to pick the politicians. But what we’re seeing now is the exact opposite, the Republican and Democratic parties are picking their voters. How crazy is that?
We are literally handing our voting power over to the party bosses on a silver platter. All we’re doing is making the party establishments stronger while we get weaker. When we create these ruby red and dark blue districts, we’re making those seats untouchable. Once a district is "safe," the parties know they don’t have to work for us anymore. This is exactly why Congress has such a pathetic approval rating, they don’t have to care what the average person thinks because they know their seat is protected.
This is a disaster for our democracy. We’re creating a world where the general election doesn't even matter because everything is decided in the primaries. And we all know who wins those, the most rigid, extreme candidates on both sides.
The big losers are the moderates. Imagine a country led by nothing but those two extremes. What a total mess. We’re basically building walls around our own votes and then wondering why nothing ever actually changes for the better.
