Democratic West Virginia senator calls the Inflation Reduction Act, hailed as ābiggest step on climate crisisā, a āradical agendaā
Democratic West Virginia senator calls the Inflation Reduction Act, hailed as ābiggest step on climate crisisā, a āradical agendaā
Haha itās ok. Iām not saying that gerrymandering isnāt a problem or that itās not happening literally all the time as much as possible.
All I mean is that you canāt gerrymander a federal senate seat. You can gerrymander the state legislature districts that control many of the aspects of voting for that statewide seat, but you cannot redraw (ie gerrymander) Joe Manchinās senate seat without some minor civil wars with WVās neighbor states.
I agree with that part, but whatās the difference if itās not direct? Regardless, it sounds like itās a pretty red state anyway.
To me itās just about the definition of the word. It would be incorrect to say, āThe WV legislature gerrymandered Joe Manchinās senate seat.ā Because gerrymandering means redrawing districts. You can totally say āThe gerrymandered WV legislature passed laws that make it harder for Joe Manchin to be elected.ā While gerrymandering affects the outcome, what theyāre doing to Joe Manchinās district is not gerrymandering.
Lol, youāre a writer and/or journalist, yes? Iām not and not that worried about getting it just right, the results are the same.
@PeleSpirit Ha, recovering grad student. No worries, shitty voter suppression is shitty voter suppression at the end of the day.
(tagging you because for whatever reason my comment wasnāt appearing as a direct reply, weird!)
Lemmy is acting a little fucky, I answered you but I donāt know where it went, lol.
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I was pretty sure we were agreeing and donāt get me wrong, I love people who love words because I donāt understand it but still find value in that way of thinking. I like art and physical beauty and I think word people probably also like art in the meanings of words and the ideas they create. You can see them happy when they read a good story and look up, its awesome.
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