What are the origins of the American voting system?

[pokoko]

sethnintendo said:

pokoko said:

Changing now would be next to impossible, though.  You'd need a clear majority of people in power to agree that not only is change needed, but on a solution.  When the only thing politicians really care about is an advantage for their own party, that's not going to happen easily.

One thing that needs to be addressed is the gerrymandering of districts.  This should simply not be allowed.  The districts should be made up of counties or one county if there is a huge city residing in the district.  There shouldn't be pratices to try and divided the vote up in one's favor.

Gerrymandering is so shameless that it's almost hard to believe it's a real thing.  It's legal election rigging.  But, again, those in power are the ones who benefit from it so they're not in a hurry to change.

I mean, holy cats, this is bloody ridiculous (and obvious).