minus-squaresiebentiger@feddit.orgOPtopolitics @lemmy.world•YSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to determine election outcomes by changing electoral maps. In most western countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United Stateslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoin the german federal election you have 2 votes, one for the local candidate and one for the party. the candidate with most votes (simple majority) will go to the parliament. so the local district matters. linkfedilink
minus-squaresiebentiger@feddit.orgOPtopolitics @lemmy.world•YSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to determine election outcomes by changing electoral maps. In most western countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United Stateslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agobut when a party or candidate want to change it, you should pay attention linkfedilink
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arrow-up1262arrow-down1imageYSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to determine election outcomes by changing electoral maps. In most western countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United Statesplus-squarelemmy.worldsiebentiger@feddit.org to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square28fedilink
in the german federal election you have 2 votes, one for the local candidate and one for the party. the candidate with most votes (simple majority) will go to the parliament. so the local district matters.