Davriellelouna@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoYSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to determine election outcomes by changing electoral maps. In most western countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United Stateslemmy.worldimagemessage-square139linkfedilinkarrow-up11.58Karrow-down112
arrow-up11.57Karrow-down1imageYSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to determine election outcomes by changing electoral maps. In most western countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United Stateslemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square139linkfedilink
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoIt was invented because FDR was so popular that without that rule, his bones would probably still be president to this day.
minus-squareJarix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIve never understood why someone who is popular can’t keep doing the job. I also don’t understand lifetime appointments like the supreme court without mandatory retirement ages or other mechanism to prevent mentally deficient people in the role
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It was invented because FDR was so popular that without that rule, his bones would probably still be president to this day.
Ive never understood why someone who is popular can’t keep doing the job. I also don’t understand lifetime appointments like the supreme court without mandatory retirement ages or other mechanism to prevent mentally deficient people in the role