dyannehs:superunfriendlyreminder:It is 100% this. People need to get out and vote then. If they want
dyannehs:superunfriendlyreminder:It is 100% this. People need to get out and vote then. If they want things to change… get the hell out and vote Bernie! Your vote MAKES A DIFFERENCE ! So, like, 100% what @danddamage said, but also…Voting actually doesn’t work as well as you might think in the South…because gerrymandering is a rampant problem. It’s constant.I remember once in Texas the demographic was changing a little too much for the state senate, so the Republicans tried to redraw districts. The democrats, knowing that the vote would stall if they were not there, took off in a bus to get to Oklahoma. And the State sent the fucking Texas Rangers to escort them back to force them to participate in a vote they knew would not pass. Like, this issue of one party vacating so a bill will stall happens in more places than one, and on both sides of the aisle, but no state gerrymanders like Texas. And no region gerrymanders like the South.The thing is, Southerners do vote. They’re passionate. It’s a duty, not a right. But like the tweet says, “being held hostage by right-wing state governments.” That’s what it looks like. They vote, but their votes don’t matter. Because the state governments make sure they don’t. -- source link