• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    Republicans are not half of the population. They use gerrymandering, voter suppression, and the electoral college to have an outsized influence.

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      They do, but:

      The partisan identification of registered voters is now evenly split between the two major parties: 49% of registered voters are Democrats or lean to the Democratic Party, and a nearly identical share – 48% – are Republicans or lean to the Republican Party.

      Source: Pew Research