Re: White men are finished here
Posted:
Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:52 am
by eynon81
aren't most demographics being increasingly marginalized?
Re: White men are finished here
Posted:
Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:55 am
by Professor
Statistically speaking, most statistics are crap.
Re: White men are finished here
Posted:
Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:18 am
by fstarcstar
I think our new member Putin here is Sazari now.
Re: White men are finished here
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Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:13 am
by Philly
I'm not a fan of the way these majority-minority districts are created either. You have these 90% black districts so that's a seat that the black vote will decide, but through this process you have far fewer minorities in the vast majority of districts. I think it would be better for minority voters to be a substantial part of the electorate in many districts rather than the overwhelming majority in a small number of districts.
The majority-minority district model we currently use, in my opinion, further marginalizes minorities. They get token representation through it, but a huge percentage of congressmen could give a shit about people of color cause there are none in their district. Rather than having a tiny sliver of congressmen who eat sleep and breath minority issues, it would be more beneficial if a large number of them weighed those issues among others.