• Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s funky to imagine that a state that was once seen as “purple”, generally, would also elect someone was ragingly insane as DeSandurz.

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      1 year ago

      You can thank gerrymandering and low voter turn out due to gerrymandering for that…

      • BB69@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        How does gerrymandering play in to DeSantis election? Isn’t it popularity voting that decides Florida’s governor?

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          Gerrymandering leads to disenfranchisement, which leads to lower voter turnout by the opposition, which then leads to his election. You see a similar thing happen in Texas as well because people think “oh my vote doesn’t matter, why should i vote anyway?”

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      Tbf he’s done a lot to disenfranchise those he doesn’t agree with or make it harder for them to vote. All bc that side can’t believe they’re not popular anymore…