Michael Moore is right about many things, but he always leaves out one CRUCIAL issue.

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14. I think MM knows vote suppression is a problem

But I think he also thinks it isn't the biggest problem, because you can only steal an election that's already close. Gerrymandering can look devastating in a close race, but let the "disadvantaged" candidate pull out far enough in the popular vote and it reverses, becoming even more devastating to its perpetrators. If you have an energized electorate and your opponents are dispirited, if your message is strong and theirs is weak and doesn't hold up, if your candidates are strong and theirs are unlikable or obviously corrupt, then vote suppression and gerrymandering become much less of a factor. In fact they become yet another energizing factor to bring out your base, who knows they are in an uphill battle.

The real problem isn't all these factors that can swing an election 5-10%. It's the fact that these evil shitheads manage to get within 5-10% of candidates that aren't evil shitheads in the first place. A lot of that is down to propaganda, and that's the battle Michael Moore is fighting. Gerrymandering only gets you past the gate if you can get 40% in a fair election. And the real problem is that over 40% of our population willingly votes for the evil shitheads almost every time.