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by stonemetal 1106 days ago
>equal numbers of terms won by each party. Therefore, in my view gerrymandering doesn't really have a negative effect on democracy

The point of democracy is not to deliver an equal number of victories to each of the parties. It is to reflect the will of the people. A 10 percent lean in one direction is a 10 percent negative effect on democracy.