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Toon: Reality-Based Conspiracies (Original Post) n2doc May 2015 OP
LMAO nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #1
Interesting to see North Carolina as the emblem of gerrymandering... malthaussen May 2015 #2
The original gerrymandering cartoon Art_from_Ark May 2015 #6
Great cartoon Gothmog May 2015 #3
K & R nt okaawhatever May 2015 #4
But we can ignore those, right? rock May 2015 #5

malthaussen

(17,187 posts)
2. Interesting to see North Carolina as the emblem of gerrymandering...
Sat May 9, 2015, 04:13 PM
May 2015

In the early days of the colonies and the US, there was a conspiracy in many of the states to divide up the counties such that the rich coastal areas got more legislative representation than the interior. It was quite a thing in NC. So you see gerrymandering has a long and (dis)honorable history.

-- Mal

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
6. The original gerrymandering cartoon
Sat May 9, 2015, 06:57 PM
May 2015

Drawn in 1812, it is a satirical representation of the odd way a Massachusetts state senate district was set up.

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