Thread: Gerrymandering
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Old 04-20-2016, 05:40 PM   #8
Flint
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The new gerrymandering (or cherry-picking) is the database algorithms they use to scrub voter registrations. Used expertly by the Florida establishment to capture that razor-thin margin Bush needed in 2000. There might be some more recent examples in the news.
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