It depends on what you’re voting for. The House of representatives is based on your district, not your state as a whole. There are some very oddly shaped districts to take advantage of this.
For anyone that doesn’t understand what gerrymandering is:
Imagine your favorite soccer team scores however many goals in a season. Now you have the power to reallocate those goals amongst whatever games you want. Instead of losing some games 3-1 and winning some 4-0 you win every single game 2-1, except you lose one game 40-0. Still the same number of goals, but your record is significantly different. Now do this with votes by district.
Different districts get different voting support. There are areas that the line to vote is very long. Sometimes hours. This isn’t an accident. Some people just don’t have time, capacity, or the effort to spend half of their day voting.
For example: Georgia banned giving water to people waiting in line to make conditions worse.
It depends on what you’re voting for. The House of representatives is based on your district, not your state as a whole. There are some very oddly shaped districts to take advantage of this.
For anyone that doesn’t understand what gerrymandering is:
Imagine your favorite soccer team scores however many goals in a season. Now you have the power to reallocate those goals amongst whatever games you want. Instead of losing some games 3-1 and winning some 4-0 you win every single game 2-1, except you lose one game 40-0. Still the same number of goals, but your record is significantly different. Now do this with votes by district.
Different districts get different voting support. There are areas that the line to vote is very long. Sometimes hours. This isn’t an accident. Some people just don’t have time, capacity, or the effort to spend half of their day voting.
For example: Georgia banned giving water to people waiting in line to make conditions worse.