Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-228 days agoYSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to determine election outcomes by changing electoral maps. In most western countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United Stateslemmy.worldimagemessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11
arrow-up117arrow-down1imageYSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to determine election outcomes by changing electoral maps. In most western countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United Stateslemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-228 days agomessage-square57linkfedilink
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-228 days agoIt was invented because FDR was so popular that without that rule, his bones would probably still be president to this day.
minus-squareJarix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-227 days agoIve never understood why someone who is popular can’t keep doing the job. I also don’t understand lifetime appointments like the supreme court without mandatory retirement ages or other mechanism to prevent mentally deficient people in the role
It was invented because FDR was so popular that without that rule, his bones would probably still be president to this day.
Ive never understood why someone who is popular can’t keep doing the job. I also don’t understand lifetime appointments like the supreme court without mandatory retirement ages or other mechanism to prevent mentally deficient people in the role