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and the loons are a consequence of these gerrymandered, uncompetitive districts.

Posted by Reagen May 29 '12, 07:57

We have our share of idiots that keep getting elected here (see: Alberta), because people would vote for a ficus wearing party colours, but we don't have 90% of districts being non-competitive.

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- From the Canadian (and Australian) perspective, we have our share of stupid voters, and stupid politicians but we still have political parties that - Roger More May 29, 08:15 6
  - *Toronto elected Rob Ford.* apparently we are morons. -- nm - Andie May 29, 08:30
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    - I'm thinking more of congressional elections. If the main contest is at the primary, there's no incentive for the candidate to skew to the centre in - Roger More May 29, 08:24
  - and then also, there's the independent federal agency tasked with elections - Reagen May 29, 08:17 2
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    - I don't care whether it is done at the state or the federal level - but whatever body is responsible for overseeing the election should be politically - Roger More May 29, 08:21
I still think there should be a maximum perimeter-to-area limit to voting districts. -- nm - nubby May 29, 07:58 8
- yup - znufrii May 29, 08:01 3
  - Not, just preferential voting but also using a scoring metric where each voter must score their choices on a scale from 1 to 99. -- nm - Don Homer May 29, 08:02 2
    - Lookee there, the old white guy with the most money still won! -- nm - nubby May 29, 08:03 1
      - U-S-A. U-S-A! -- nm - Don Homer May 29, 08:07
- We'll get our best Qix players on it. -- nm - Reagen May 29, 08:00
- *legislates that pi = 3* -- nm - Oklahoma si May 29, 07:59 2
  - No, it should be 2! -- nm - Arizona May 29, 08:00 1
    - I see... FOUR! LIGHTS! -- nm - Jean-Luc May 29, 08:02

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and the loons are a consequence of these gerrymandered, uncompetitive districts.

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