That’s the Republican motto…
The way to break this hold on the elections is VOTE! They have a 5 or 6 percent advantage in the voting booths but we can overcome it if we get people out to vote! They make it harder but not impossible.
We see this in not only North Carolina but in Republican states through out the United States. They are rigging the elections by gerrymandering the voting district. The Supreme Court has been looking the other way except when the gerrymandering was based on race. Stacking the political deck is okay just don’t do it because of race.North Carolina Republicans Are About to Win Their War Against Democracy
Conservatives are locking in an outrageous partisan gerrymander—and locking out nearly half of the state’s voters.
New Republic
By Matt Ford
October 26, 2023Republicans in North Carolina are poised to wipe out the prospect of competitive legislative elections in their state for the rest of the decade. A state Senate committee voted on Monday to advance a new set of maps for congressional and state legislative districts. Since North Carolina’s governor can’t veto redistricting plans, all that’s left is for final votes in the state House of Representatives and state Senate.
In theory, North Carolina is a purple state where no political party has an inherent advantage. This is especially true in statewide races. Donald Trump defeated Joe Biden by only a 1.34 percent margin in 2020. During that same election, North Carolinians also elected multiple Democrats to the state’s executive branch, including Governor Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein. Recent U.S. Senate contests have been closely fought.
The same can’t be said for legislative races in North Carolina. Thanks to more than a decade of extreme partisan gerrymandering, Republicans have an ironclad grip on the state legislature. That dominance has allowed them to effectively decide most of the state’s legislative races, both for the state Assembly and for Congress, before voters even cast a ballot. But with this latest move, the Tar Heel State is poised to slip even further away from what could fairly be called “representative government.”
The way to break this hold on the elections is VOTE! They have a 5 or 6 percent advantage in the voting booths but we can overcome it if we get people out to vote! They make it harder but not impossible.
A comment on Yahoo says it best...
Politicians picking their voters instead of voters picking their Politicians, always works in favor of the GOP.
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