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		commandlinefan on July 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-ma... > gerrymandering districts But that would be even worse at a federal level because there are so many more districts to gerrymander, wouldn't it?

bobthepanda on July 27, 2022 [–]

The federal government is a lot less likely to be one-party than a state. We haven't had a same-party trifecta for over a decade.

Also, states draw the federal district lines, so generally the Dems and Repubs both do it and the end result is less lopsided.

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