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olegramps

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15. They were allowed to gerrymander the district because they had a majority in the legislature.

Reply to mmonk (Reply #13)

Tue Sep 30, 2014, 06:50 PM

Sep 2014

These people were elected to because most of the people don't even bother vote and their constituency, even if it is a minority, does. The Republicans have pursued a program that begins at the city and county levels of government including education boards to dominate these offices. They have been very effective in controlling large blocks of fundamentalist voters getting them registered and to the polls.

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