Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-24 days 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-square339linkfedilinkarrow-up11.97Karrow-down117cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.96Karrow-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.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-24 days agomessage-square339linkfedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-23 days 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·edit-22 days 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
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoFun fact: the bones of any president would be a better leader than our current president.
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
Fun fact: the bones of any president would be a better leader than our current president.