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    The Democratic Party’s Disdain for Youth Will Have Consequences

    The Democratic Party has a youth problem — and not in the way leadership may think. It’s not that young voters are apathetic or naïve. It’s rather that the Democratic Party and its older voters treat its young voters with condescension and, occasionally, outright contempt. That disdain is driving away and disillusioning an entire generation… Continue reading The Democratic Party’s Disdain for Youth Will Have Consequences
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    Republicans Test the Limits of Gerrymandering and Voter Suppression

    The math is tricky, but Republican gerrymandering (the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries to benefit a party, group or socioeconomic class within the constituency) in the US Congress could be setting Republicans up for an electoral catastrophe. Assuming they cannot perform sufficient, effective and non-counterproductive vote suppression, there is a risk with extreme gerrymandering… Continue reading Republicans Test the Limits of Gerrymandering and Voter Suppression
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