Reply #78: I admit that gerrymandering does happen.

[Laelth]

But, unless you're 100 years old, I don't think you've seen the kind of "energized" base that I am referring to. I am talking about 1936, 1938 (and I'll even give you 1964, right after the Kennedy assassination). In those elections the people knew that if they voted for Democrats, they were going to get their values represented. They believed would get help. They believed the government would take progressive action.

These days, people don't believe they will get anything like that from Democrats (because they don't). The Democratic Party must actually deliver in order to energize its base.

:dem:

-Laelth