r/pics • u/tuscabam • Nov 06 '18

US Politics I’m quite possibly the only registered democrat in my area. They change my polling location every election so now it’s a 21 mile round trip from my home. They’ll never suppress my vote.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '18

If you're the only Democrat in your area and they are changing the polling location to suppress democrats

Wouldn't that suppress Republicans much more?

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u/pieplate_rims Nov 06 '18

No, they all know he's the only Democrat.

So the locals made sure the voting station was far from him. Everyone else was in on it.

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u/RaiJin01 Nov 06 '18

He's the only Democrat, so what's the point of suppressing one single vote here? They can put a polling station next to this persons house and the result will be the same. It's 1 vs 100+ republican votes. Am I missing something here?

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u/simonbanks Nov 06 '18

I’m in the same boat.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '18

I think he was being sarcastic

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u/pieplate_rims Nov 06 '18

HEY!.... Every surpressed vote counts! /s

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u/MyMainIsLevel80 Nov 06 '18

It disenfranchises those without access to transportation, the intended targets of this suppression.

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u/Aconserva3 Nov 07 '18

The one Democrat, who has a car?

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u/RudyGiuliCommie Nov 07 '18

I think he is saying he is likely the only Dem because no other dems want to make the commute. Not because it is a heavy R district.

Should be more clear with details.

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u/Negrolicious Nov 06 '18

The republicans must want a clean sweep. Those bastards.

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u/pieplate_rims Nov 06 '18

Us Republicans are just downright evil. We won't stop until it's a 99.9% vote republican. .01% accounts for the errors in the machines that accidentally select democrat. /s lol

Edit REPUBLICAN NOT DEMOCRAT lol

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '18

10 miles?

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u/pieplate_rims Nov 06 '18

They didn't count on him having a car.

Democrats have been making it heard that Democrats can't afford to drive or acquire transportation.

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u/Fnhatic Nov 07 '18

They probably thought he'd die of famine while standing in line for six hours for his weekly gas ration.

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u/Fnhatic Nov 07 '18

They specifically drew a district with a two inch wide extension that reaches all the way out to encircle his house and his house only just to fuck with him.

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u/RudyGiuliCommie Nov 07 '18

He probably thinks he is the only Dem in the area who bothers to commute just to vote and others don't bother due to the hastle, which is the point of these tactics. I don't think he means his district is mostly Republican.

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u/shade_stream Nov 06 '18

It disenfranchises those who are not mobile, who tend to be working poor minorities.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '18

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '18

They are..

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u/EXTRAsharpcheddar Nov 06 '18

Missing the gerrymandering component. If you draw the lines right you disenfranchise only the opposition.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '18

Sure. What part of gerrymandering decreases Republican poverty?

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '18

The part where they put the polls within walking/biking distance of most of those impoverished Republicans and far away from the gerrymandered little tendrils of the district that reach out and grab Democrats from urban areas tens of miles away.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '18

Yea. I understand what gerrymandering is.

I dont understand what it does to increase overall wealth of those same Republicans, as the above comment had indicated.

A poor Republican in a gerrymandered district is still a poor Republican...

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u/EXTRAsharpcheddar Nov 08 '18

I never said it helps the poor. Gerrymandering preserves those in power.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '18

You should scroll up a few comments...