So,… again,… the people who own that land don’t count?
Nevermind that those people who own that land are the ones who produce the food for the blue metropolis areas…..
Yep, you’re right…. Wow I wish I had known that before voting republican!
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Yeah, I’ll take the original framer’s plan, and no gerrymandering.
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Who is saying that? Do people get to vote based on the amount of land they own, or is it one person one vote?
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This is gerrymandering on a grander scale, with the general political leanings of both sides already known. In other words, the deck is still being stacked.
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I’ll agree, one person one vote, which is how it should be
However, the pleas of the many for basic needs, like food…. Should not override the rights of the few who produce it.
You want a ham and cheese sandwich?
Grow your own wheat for bread, your own cow for milk and pig for the ham….
Where does that put you?….
Smack in the middle of those red areas!
Where there’s not many people for the area,….
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Dude, you’re delusional. Override their rights? So farmers need to be put on a pedestal? And all of those “red states” are the sattes that take more money from the fed budget than the “blue states”. If you’re a farmer and you want to be mad about something, be mad about the food industry monopolies and chmical companies that stop farmers from making a living wage and going bankupt every year, but that would mean you’d have to vote democrat..
What’s your source for this information?
Using this map to determine state legislatures by partisan breakdown
And the first two columns of this data set
We can see that, four states are considered “Split” states by partisanship. We’ll set those aside.
That leaves 18 states that are partisan democrat, and 28 states that are partisan republican.
The total amount of federal dollars given to Dem controlled states is approximately $434.1 billion.
The total amount of federal dollars given to Rep controlled states is approximately $475.3 billion.
Nice cherry picking. That’s a 9% higher amount of money going to republican states, but if you divide the number of dollars dems get by the number of states they hold (18) you get $434.1 billion /18= $24.1 billion average per state, versus republicans that get $475.3 billion/28 states = $17 billion average per state.
So, which side gets more money for their partisanship? Dem states receive over 41% more Federal funds per state on average.
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I don’t know this as fact and am therefore not claiming it as such, but I would also not be surprised to learn that it is democrat-led areas within the Republican-led states that, per-capita, are the greater of the tax consumers rather than the producers.
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Word. If history is any indication…
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There are a bunch of maps out there like this but this one has the numbers in it (2024). https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-which-states-give-more-to-washington-then-they-get-back/
But back on point. I’ve seen stats that 87% of congressional races are not competitive - a dem or rep is guaranteed to win. That’s why we need rank choice voting and multi-member districts. The two party system put this winner take all district system in place to maintain power. In presidential elections, it’s always the same few states that decide the winner.
And yet, against all odds, dems like AOC, Bernie Sanders, Purple hair, Pocohantas, Schumer, and a horde of others continue to win. Are you telling us that majorities in these voting districts PREFER violent crime, high taxation, defunding the police, men in women’s locker rooms, illegal immigrant’s rights trumping citizen’s rights, open borders, cashless bail, abortion as a birth control method, being taught white guilt, and being taught capitalism is bad?
Something stinks with this irrationality.
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What I think he meant was that 87% of the races are rigged…..
I could be wrong.
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That’s what the data suggests.
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Yes, they are in noncompetitive districts. A Dem will always win in those districts and the party picks who that is, not the people. How else would Lauren BOOBert ever win an election? Pelosi and McConnell almost died from old age while still in office, over 40 years in office.
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The Cook Political Report: Classifies 86.2% (375 out of 435 seats) as “solid” or noncompetitive for either Democrats or Republicans. When including districts rated as “likely” to favor one party, over 91% of the map is considered out of play.
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FairVote (Monopoly Politics Model): Projects that 81% of all House seats are entirely “safe” for one party, leaving 11% that lean toward a party and just 8% as true toss-ups.
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Data Elliott Morris/Modeling: Estimates that 93.7% (408 out of 435 seats) feature a dominant party with a greater than 80% statistical probability of winning.
Why not, it works wonders in California, and It propelled Mandami to a win in N.Y.C.
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As of March 2026, ranked choice voting is used statewide in Alaska (as of 2022) and Maine (2018), and it is also implemented in various cities across 22 states and Washington, D.C.
| State | Notable Cities Using RCV |
|---|---|
| California | San Francisco, Oakland |
| Minnesota | Minneapolis, St. Paul |
| Massachusetts | Cambridge |
| New York | New York City |
| Oregon | Portland |
| Utah | Salt Lake City |
See any trends?
What challenges do states face when implementing ranked choice voting?
States face several challenges when implementing ranked choice voting (RCV), including voter education efforts to help the public understand the new system and administrative complexities in counting and tabulating votes accurately. (Meanwhile, dems insist women and minorities will be unfairly burdened if voter ID is required. Voter education? Better take RCV off the table, it’s complicated!)
Cities Using Ranked Choice Voting
As of March 2026, ranked choice voting (RCV) is implemented in various cities across the United States. Below is a list of notable cities where RCV is used:
Major Cities with RCV
| City | State |
|---|---|
| New York City | New York |
| San Francisco | California |
| Minneapolis | Minnesota |
| Portland | Oregon |
| Cambridge | Massachusetts |
| St. Paul | Minnesota |
| Salt Lake City | Utah |
| Oakland | California |
| Santa Fe | New Mexico |
| Denver | Colorado |
Additional Cities
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Burlington (Vermont)
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Nashua (New Hampshire)
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Vancouver (Washington)
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Cambridge (Massachusetts)
Again, see any trends?
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Places with educated voters and good economies and responsive elected officials?
Some quick Googling, looks like most RCV was enacted by voters through ballot (and opposed by the sitting legislators). No surpirise there. IMHO, the important part of RCV is that it enables third and fourth parties. People might throiw their first choice behind the libertatrian party, tea party, green party, and their second choice for Dem or Rep. Within a few election cycles, we will see alternate parties gain a foothold and congress will need to form coalition govts and compromise will be required - limiting fringe power on the extreme left and right.
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