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Toon: Reality-Based Conspiracies (Original Post)
n2doc
May 2015
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nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)1. LMAO
Mind if I share?
malthaussen
(17,187 posts)2. Interesting to see North Carolina as the emblem of gerrymandering...
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
Drawn in 1812, it is a satirical representation of the odd way a Massachusetts state senate district was set up.
Gothmog
(145,130 posts)3. Great cartoon
okaawhatever
(9,461 posts)4. K & R nt
rock
(13,218 posts)5. But we can ignore those, right?