VitoRobles@lemmy.today to LGBTQ+@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 9 months agoHappy Pride, Wisconsin!lemmy.todayimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1512arrow-down14
arrow-up1508arrow-down1imageHappy Pride, Wisconsin!lemmy.todayVitoRobles@lemmy.today to LGBTQ+@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·9 months agoLove you guys. Why is it the Midwest can be so good about electing governors, and so bad about electing congressmen and senators?
minus-squaresourhill@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·9 months agoFirst past the post voting system doesn’t help.
minus-squareDoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoGovernor = can’t gerrymander Congressman = can fucking gerrymander and fuck with districts. Look at north Carolina
minus-squareMystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-25 months agoHonestly, I think people like Governor Tony’s vibe but some unfortunately didn’t want to elect a Black senator and swung the vote right last time around. Which is a shame, because Mandela Barnes would have been an amazing senator.
Love you guys.
Why is it the Midwest can be so good about electing governors, and so bad about electing congressmen and senators?
First past the post voting system doesn’t help.
Governor = can’t gerrymander
Congressman = can fucking gerrymander and fuck with districts.
Look at north Carolina
Honestly, I think people like Governor Tony’s vibe but some unfortunately didn’t want to elect a Black senator and swung the vote right last time around.
Which is a shame, because Mandela Barnes would have been an amazing senator.