Gerrymandering in Virginia

[hog88]

lol....
Elected politicians are wiser than the average citizen....the world according to hog.

Got to love the wisdom of our elected politicians.

Not what I said you dolt

 

[hog88]

District? What do you mean?

Seriously?

 

[luthervol]

Not what I said you dolt

yeah....you pretty much did....Mr. 2-d

 

[luthervol]

Seriously?

Seriously

 

[luthervol]

District? What do you mean?

@85SugarVol

Seriously?

So nothing?

Starting to see your flaw??? lol

 

[hog88]

@85SugarVol

So nothing?

Starting to see your flaw??? lol

Your state is divided into legislative districts. How can you at your age not know this?

 

[85SugarVol]

District? What do you mean?

What do state legislators represent?

 

[EasternVol]

Hubert Humphrey is a Republican by today's standard

No way. He was well to the left of Nixon, who many say would be a Democrat today. Only one Soetoro awarded.

 

[luthervol]

Your state is divided into legislative districts. How can you at your age not know this?

Good grief man.
Those districts are based on population; which makes 85's post, which you liked and reposted, completely dumb.

How can you at your age not get that? Maybe because you only see two dimensions??????

 

[luthervol]

What do state legislators represent?

Good grief people......how are districts drawn?

 

[85SugarVol]

Good grief people......how are districts drawn?

Population centers may cover more than one district

 

[luthervol]

If the Senate & House are elected by the same constituency, what’s the point setting up bicameral chambers… you only need one.

And while we're on the subject...........

You do realize that every state but one has a bicameral system elected by the same constituency.

Do you understand why????

 

[EasternVol]

There is no former president who would have ever even considered supporting trump.

One or more of those late 19th Century robber baron loving Republicans may have. Or Harding.

 

[luthervol]

Population centers may cover more than one district

What??????? Of course they would because districts are drawn to represent similar population numbers.
Which makes your post non-sensical.

 

[85SugarVol]

And while we're on the subject...........

You do realize that every state but one has a bicameral system elected by the same constituency.

Do you understand why????

Because the states are set up that way. That’s not how our federal government was envisioned.

 

[85SugarVol]

What??????? Of course they would because districts are drawn to represent similar population numbers.
Which makes your post non-sensical.

You sure are dead set against something that you’re also arguing doesn’t matter.

 

[EasternVol]

If the Senate & House are elected by the same constituency, what’s the point setting up bicameral chambers… you only need one.

Having only one would put the smaller states at a major disadvantage.

 

[85SugarVol]

Having only one would put the smaller states at a major disadvantage.

Indeed.

 

[85SugarVol]

And while we're on the subject...........

You do realize that every state but one has a bicameral system elected by the same constituency.

Do you understand why????

Maybe listen to Madison…

According to James Madison, giving state legislatures the power to choose Senators provided a “double advantage,” both “favoring a select appointment, and of giving to the State governments such an agency in the formation of the federal government as must secure the authority of the former.” The Federalist No. 62. George Mason argued that state legislative selection gave states the power of self-defense against the federal government. Wendell Pierce argued that the contrast between a state legislatively-appointed Senate and a popularly-elected House would increase the types of interests represented in the federal government. By requiring the consent of two different constituencies to any legislation—the people’s representatives in the House and the state legislatures in the Senate—the composition of the Senate was seen as essential to the system of bicameralism, which would require “the concurrence of two distinct bodies in schemes of usurpation or perfidy.”

 

[hog88]

Maybe listen to Madison…

According to James Madison, giving state legislatures the power to choose Senators provided a “double advantage,” both “favoring a select appointment, and of giving to the State governments such an agency in the formation of the federal government as must secure the authority of the former.” The Federalist No. 62. George Mason argued that state legislative selection gave states the power of self-defense against the federal government. Wendell Pierce argued that the contrast between a state legislatively-appointed Senate and a popularly-elected House would increase the types of interests represented in the federal government. By requiring the consent of two different constituencies to any legislation—the people’s representatives in the House and the state legislatures in the Senate—the composition of the Senate was seen as essential to the system of bicameralism, which would require “the concurrence of two distinct bodies in schemes of usurpation or perfidy.”

Come on man, Luther is sooo much smarter than those rubes.

 

[luthervol]

Maybe listen to Madison…

According to James Madison, giving state legislatures the power to choose Senators provided a “double advantage,” both “favoring a select appointment, and of giving to the State governments such an agency in the formation of the federal government as must secure the authority of the former.” The Federalist No. 62. George Mason argued that state legislative selection gave states the power of self-defense against the federal government. Wendell Pierce argued that the contrast between a state legislatively-appointed Senate and a popularly-elected House would increase the types of interests represented in the federal government. By requiring the consent of two different constituencies to any legislation—the people’s representatives in the House and the state legislatures in the Senate—the composition of the Senate was seen as essential to the system of bicameralism, which would require “the concurrence of two distinct bodies in schemes of usurpation or perfidy.”

It seem like the flaws were recognized and addressed 115 years ago.

 

[85SugarVol]

It seem like the flaws were recognized and addressed 115 years ago.

Sure….

 

[luthervol]

Senators don’t represent the common citizen. How hard is that for you people to understand?

I’m not surprised that you can’t understand

Agreed and Luther doesn’t have a big boy mentality

I’m just amazed at how ignorant you are.

Not what I said you dolt

Seriously?

Your state is divided into legislative districts. How can you at your age not know this?

Come on man, Luther is sooo much smarter than those rubes.

Typical interactions with hog......

 

[85SugarVol]

Yoooo @hog88 I just saw that a Lincoln docuseries is coming to Netflix on Monday. Want me to tape it for you?

 

[hog88]

Yoooo @hog88 I just saw that a Lincoln docuseries is coming to Netflix on Monday. Want me to tape it for you?

Please. I have no doubt that it will be historically accurate.