@[email protected] to You Should [email protected] • edit-27 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-square338fedilinkarrow-up11.99Kcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.99KimageYSK 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.world@[email protected] to You Should [email protected] • edit-27 days agomessage-square338fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•edit-27 days agoIt was invented because FDR was so popular that without that rule, his bones would probably still be president to this day.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•6 days agoFun fact: the bones of any president would be a better leader than our current president.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-26 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
It was invented because FDR was so popular that without that rule, his bones would probably still be president to this day.
Fun fact: the bones of any president would be a better leader than our current president.
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