[on_and_off]

Interesting how everything is only Democrats vs Republicans in the USA.

It probably does not help the political climate that for most people it is just a binary choice.

[tptacek]

That's a consequence of first-past-the-post voting (Duverger's law), not gerrymandering.

[on_and_off]

I should have used quotes, I was answering specifically about the 55/45 part of gp text :)