1. El Gerrymandering como motor de la desilusión ciudadana.
La manipulación de los mapas electorales crea una sensación de predestinación en los resultados, llevando a los votantes a creer que su participación es irrelevante.
- But gerrymandering has a huge impact on voter apathy. People feel like their votes wont matter or make a difference so they dont bother. Its a vicious cycle.
- Voter apathy isnt lazinessits learned helplessness. When elections are decided by a handful of states and gerrymandering makes outcomes pre-determined, people stop believing their vote matters. And theyre not wrong.
- The apathy was cultivated by a republican project many decades in the making. With gerrymandering at every scale and the corruption of the courts, it was easy to convince enough people their votes dont matter.
2. Supresión del voto y barreras sistémicas en estados conservadores.
Más allá de la apatía psicológica, existen obstáculos legales y tácticas de exclusión que impiden físicamente el ejercicio del voto en diversas regiones.
- Its a combo of apathy but also major factor is voter suppression that is legal. Arkansas, ohio, louisanna all have more voter suppression bills being pushed - already red states are depressing voting still!
- Here in the red states, gop has been allowed gerrymandering and voter suppression for decades. 1 in 5 black folks here cant vote. Do some digging before a blanket condemnation of apathy - just sayin.
- Tbf that non voter apathy is buttressed by how difficult it is to vote in these states but yes this is reality of the deep south- white voters are so deeply conservative here.
3. La distinción entre estados rojos y estados de baja participación.
El debate sugiere que muchos estados no son inherentemente conservadores, sino que sufren de una participación extremadamente baja que favorece a las minorías ruidosas.
- Gerrymandered districts lead to voter suppression and apathy. We arent a red state. We are a non voting state. But us blue dots are working our asses off to change it.
- Actually, the problem is only about 30 of oklahomans vote. The system is rigged and gerrymandered to suppress blue voters. Those red counties have few people in them.
- I think the maps show that there arent nearly as many red counties but rather counties with very high voter apathy.
4. El abandono de las contiendas locales y sus consecuencias.
La falta de competencia en niveles locales y estatales permite la consolidación de supermayorías que no reflejan necesariamente la voluntad popular.
- There is a lot of apathy that begins with gerrymandering, too, but also states like al have 80 of their races go uncontested.
- Apathy toward smaller races is a huge part of why were in this moment.
- Republicans run unopposed for local political positions and its disappointing that nobody ever runs against them for so many years now is tragic. Some areas have so much apathy or no interest in local politics is a nightmare.
5. La movilización masiva como única vía de ruptura.
A pesar del pesimismo, diversos sectores sostienen que un aumento drástico en la participación electoral podría invalidar los efectos del gerrymandering.
- We need to focus on voter apathy too. 70 turnout will overcome gerrymandering. They make gm maps based on past voters. Neighbors come out become first time voters its the only to fuck them up.
- The gerrymandering is not guaranteed to work if enough people are fed up and there are opposition candidates on the ballot in every district. Participation will bring change. Apathy enables fascism.
- If every registered voter would vote, we wouldnt need gerrymandering. Its not the maps, its the apathy.