SCREW GERRYMANDERING!!!!!

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FUCK GERRYMANDERING!!!!
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THE U.S. IS LONG-OVERDUE FOR THE POPULAR-VOTE!!!!!
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aka DIRECT POPULAR VOTE!!!
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What Is Gerrymandering? *
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"Gerrymandering, in U.S. politics, is the drawing of the boundaries of electoral districts in a way that gives one party an unfair advantage over its rivals. In other words, gerrymandering can be used by office holders of the party in power to either spread voters from the opposing party across districts or to give a competitive edge to their own candidates. Alternatively, voters from the opposing party can be packed into a minority of voting districts to reduce the number of seats the opposing party can control. Gerrymandering has been condemned because it violates two basic tenets of electoral apportionment—compactness and equality of size of constituencies. The term is derived from the name of Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts, whose administration enacted a law in 1812 defining new state senatorial districts. The law consolidated the Federalist Party vote in a few districts and thus gave disproportionate representation to Democratic-Republicans."

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* For the benefit of the least-educated.
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United States Presidential Elections = The Winner LOST The POPULAR Vote!!
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Virginia Joining The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
Puts The Finish Line In Sight
May 6, 2026
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"On April 13, 2026, Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) signed a law formally entering Virginia into the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, bringing it within striking distance of coming into effect and ensuring that presidents are directly selected by Americans, not the Electoral College.This would be the most consequential structural reform in a generation. Once states with at least 270 electoral votes sign on, signatory states would allocate their electoral votes to the winner of the presidential national popular vote. For the first time, every American’s vote for president would count equally, no matter where they live.
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A national popular vote can be a release valve, as the margins would likely be in the millions. President Trump won the 2024 popular vote by roughly 2.3 million votes; Biden won in 2020 by about 7 million votes. No concentrated litigation blitz, intimidation of county canvassers, or manufactured fraud narrative in Fulton County or Bucks County moves a national margin of that size. Simply put, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact creates a key structural defense of American elections by making the battleground the size of the American electorate itself."

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U.S. Edges Closer To POPULAR VOTE Deciding Winner Of Presidential Elections
April 14, 2026
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"A national majority vote for president is one step closer to reality after the Virginia governor, Abigail Spanberger, signed the national popular vote bill into law, joining an interstate compact with 17 other states and the District of Columbia.
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“The presidency should be won by the candidate who receives the most votes nationwide – not just the right combination of battleground states,” said Christina Harvey, Stand Up America’s executive director. “This brings us one step closer to a system where Americans’ votes for president and vice-president count equally, no matter where they live.”

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Share Of Electoral / Popular Votes By U.S. President; 1789-2024
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"Gerrymandering undermines the concept of a national popular vote by disconnecting the total number of votes a party receives from the number of legislative seats it wins. By manipulating district lines, the party in power can secure a majority of seats, even if they lose the overall popular vote."

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Federal Court BLOCKS Alabama GOP-Drawn Congressional Map
May 26, 2026
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"A three-judge panel on Tuesday blocked a Republican-drawn congressional map in Alabama from going into effect, writing that the district lines “intentionally discriminated based on race in violation of the Constitution.”
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Alabama is one of several GOP-led states in the South that have rushed to attempt to implement new congressional maps for the midterms after the Supreme Court gutted a key section of the Voting Right Act, paving the way for the elimination of majority-minority districts represented by Democrats."

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What Would Switching To Popular Vote For U.S. President Really Mean?
February 8, 2022
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"In 2016, Donald Trump became the second presidential candidate in as many decades to win the Electoral College despite losing the national popular vote. The outcome sparked renewed criticism of the Electoral College mechanism in some circles, and since then, five more states have committed to an interstate compact that would award all of their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote — regardless of how their state voted.
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To date, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact has been adopted by 15 states — though not Florida — as well as Washington, D.C. It lacks the force of law because those states account for only 195 of the 270 electoral votes needed to secure the presidency, and the pact would not take effect until states whose votes total the winning number (270) sign-on.
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Were this to happen, the adopting states could effectively circumvent the Electoral College without undergoing the arduous process of amending the Constitution. The popular vote compact strategy avoids those obstacles by changing the law based solely on enough individual states agreeing."

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