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Published 8 years ago by AdelleChattre with 5 Comments

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  • Cobbydaler
    +7

    I'm surprised gerrymandering wasn't mentioned.

    • AdelleChattre
      +6

      Agreed, especially since cyclic excesses are such a theme in the piece. Vox has just run this, however.

    • Neurobomber
      +3

      Yup, which is only going to get worse as more and more youth move in to cities and stay there. Drive through any small town in America and it gets pretty obvious that the average age is quite a bit higher than the national average. Without more progressive and well-educated young people in those cities to vote, the republicans will continue to win those regions.

      • spaceghoti
        +4

        However, this trend has a short half-life. It can only be sustained for so long, and banking on it as a long-term trend is guaranteed to fail.

  • Appaloosa
    +2

    "Republicans had mostly solid control of Congress for about 70 years following the Civil War. Then Democrats had pretty solid control of Congress for 60 years."

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