http://dagblog.com/link/fair-representation-act-your-state-32868 Comments for "The Fair Representation Act in Your State" en http://dagblog.com/comment/291930#comment-291930 <a id="comment-291930"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/fair-representation-act-your-state-32868">The Fair Representation Act in Your State</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">“By definition, candidates representing political minorities have greater difficulty amassing a majority of votes. Thus, in our current system, racial minorities have the right to vote, but are often denied the equally fundamental right to representation.” <a href="https://t.co/JVCQpCZQGv">https://t.co/JVCQpCZQGv</a></p> — Omar Wasow (@owasow) <a href="https://twitter.com/owasow/status/1322315713940353024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">”Proportional representation allows for the emergence of a pluralistic multi-party system that could include parties speaking strongly for racial and ethnic minorities and people of all incomes and across the political spectrum.” <a href="https://t.co/JVCQpCZQGv">https://t.co/JVCQpCZQGv</a></p> — Omar Wasow (@owasow) <a href="https://twitter.com/owasow/status/1322316069722234880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Alabama is nearly 30% Black and Democrats represent nearly 40% of the state but Alabama’s House delegation is currently 14% Democratic. <a href="https://t.co/G7qDlK1aqJ">pic.twitter.com/G7qDlK1aqJ</a></p> — Omar Wasow (@owasow) <a href="https://twitter.com/owasow/status/1322325330640580608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Sat, 31 Oct 2020 00:03:30 +0000 artappraiser comment 291930 at http://dagblog.com