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   surfstuff55 said, 4 months ago

   Yup, thatb last panel says it all
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   ConserveGov said, 4 months ago

   Libs still playing the tired race card.
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   Stipple said, 4 months ago

   Sure wish they couldn’t play that card.
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   Radish said, 4 months ago

   Dems actually won the house by more than a million votes.
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   jonesb said, 4 months ago

   I believe both parties gerrymander.
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   masterskrain said, 4 months ago

   “Shrub” = “An insignificant little bush that will never amount to anything”!Sound Familiar??Thank you, Molly Ivans!
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   MortyForTyrant said, 4 months ago

   Very good cartoon! Problem is: what can you do about it? I never understood how it is the prerogative of the states how to elect the federal positions of House member, Senator and President. Not very united…

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   By the way: after I have become Tyrant of America districts will be drawn by division. First step: toss a coin to decide north-south or east-west first. Then divide the country along the winning line, based on population. Repeat the process with each part, but this time using the other line. You get four parts of different size but with equal population. Repeat until you have 512 parts, these are your districts, all equal in population. Okay, the 512 Representatives will no longer fit into the chamber, but the whole Capitol should be made into a museum anyway and the serious work of running the country should be done from a more modern venue…

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   PS: I just realized that if I were Tyrant I wouldn’t need districts… :-)
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   Michael wme said, 4 months ago

   @Radish

   Dems actually LOST the House with a million vote plurality. The Law is the Law, and the US is a nation of laws, not men (or women voters, for that matter).
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   mikefive said, 4 months ago

   re Panels 1 and 2
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   I can’t see why a major city with a population density of 90,000 or 100,000 per square mile should have such overwhelming representation as to negate any input on policy decisions from rural areas. Nor should rural areas be so over represented as to completely deny major cities the ability to make it impossible for them to make decisions that affect such large numbers of people. No matter what solution that would be reached in a matter like this, groups on either side would be unhappy.
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   Why Sorensen found it necessary to play the race card is not understandable to me. This is a population density situation, not a racial iniquity problem.
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    Larry said, 4 months ago

    Democracy is “One person; One vote”.
    Republicanism is “One state; One vote”.
    The USA is a Democratic Republic, a hybrid and an oxymoron.
    We should drop the electorial college system.
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    ronald rini said, 4 months ago

    to me it should be pay taxes you can vote. Do not work no vote
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    mikefive said, 4 months ago

    @Larry

    ^In that case you would have the Northeast Corridor and Southern California running everything in between.
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    kato1979 said, 4 months ago

    Dirt is people too, my friend!
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    dapperdan61 said, 4 months ago

    Agreed the electoral college system is antiquated & doesn’t fit in with 21st century politics. With 24/7 coverage of news no 1 is disenfranchised. All voices can be heard but with the electoral college all eyes turn to the battleground states while everyone else is ignored.
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    ansonia said, 4 months ago

    @masterskrain

    It’s well known that Ivins hated Bush and loved to make fun of him (something the Left won’t tolerate with obama) but I think you made up that quote.
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