{"id":34195,"date":"2018-09-03T11:46:55","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T15:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=34195"},"modified":"2018-09-03T11:46:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T15:46:55","slug":"making-the-election-process-more-confusing-than-it-already-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=34195","title":{"rendered":"Making The Election Process More Confusing Than It Already Is"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 31, The Washington Post<\/a> posted an article about redistricting in the State of North Carolina. Before I go into detail, here is a picture of what is being discussed:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I don’t know about you, but the bottom map looks much more logical than the top map.<\/p>\n

This is what true gerrymandering looks like:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I am sure I could have found many other examples, but this is one I know. Note the lavender that meanders from the Rhode Island border up to near Boston. I suppose it is simply an incredible coincidence that the lower part of that lavender is less populated than the area approaching Boston. Also, much of the lower part of that lavender tends to be Republican. What better way to dilute those votes than combine them with the more densely populated Democrat areas approaching Boston. Massachusetts is a one-party state, and its Congressional districts have never been challenged in court. Hmmm.<\/p>\n

At any rate, the courts threw a monkey wrench into North Carolina’s November election. It is too late to change the districts, undo the primary elections, and print the ballots. It appears that saner heads have prevailed and the districts will remain in place at least until November.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The plaintiffs who persuaded federal judges to declare unconstitutional North Carolina\u2019s Republican-drawn congressional maps have \u201creluctantly concluded\u201d that there is not enough time to draw new maps in time for the November elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A three-judge panel ruled <\/a>this week that the maps were an \u201cinvidious\u201d plan to favor Republicans over Democrats and had resulted in the GOP capturing 10 of the state\u2019s 13 congressional districts in 2016, even though its share of the statewide vote was just over 53 percent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is a reason we live in a representative republic and not a democracy. I think the redrawn districts appear to be much more logical than the previous districts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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