I'm glad you appreciate our politicians as much as we do, hazard.
When I was an A'dam last summer, I did apologize to the admission clerk at the Dutch Resistance Museum. You see, that was about the time that Trump had wanted to listen to all sides of an issue where a Neo-Nazi had killed someone. FFS. She was one of the few people I met over there who wasn't great at English, but I got the point across.
However, this really isn't the US. We didn't elect him, our system did. In the last election, the majority of votes cast went to Trump's opponent. The majority of votes cast in congressional elections also went to Democrats. However, due to the way our system is gerrymandered, this translates to Republican majorities in all branches of government. The people of the United States did not vote for our current government, but we got it anyway.
What really happened here: Every 10 years, we have a census and redraw legislative districts. 2010's census happened during a Republican upswing year. The census has been the same since 1790, but there was a new factor in 2010: computers and GIS software. So instead of somewhat fudged districts from the party in charge, we get custom-designed districts that model population changes over 10 years to ensure that Republicans keep majorities.
For instance, in Virginia's House of Delegates, Republicans lost by a -9 margin but still control the house. (Since that article was written: One race was a tie, and the coin flip went to the Republican. #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike) So please don't blame the people of the US, because our government is not a representative democracy.
When I was an A'dam last summer, I did apologize to the admission clerk at the Dutch Resistance Museum. You see, that was about the time that Trump had wanted to listen to all sides of an issue where a Neo-Nazi had killed someone. FFS. She was one of the few people I met over there who wasn't great at English, but I got the point across.
However, this really isn't the US. We didn't elect him, our system did. In the last election, the majority of votes cast went to Trump's opponent. The majority of votes cast in congressional elections also went to Democrats. However, due to the way our system is gerrymandered, this translates to Republican majorities in all branches of government. The people of the United States did not vote for our current government, but we got it anyway.
What really happened here: Every 10 years, we have a census and redraw legislative districts. 2010's census happened during a Republican upswing year. The census has been the same since 1790, but there was a new factor in 2010: computers and GIS software. So instead of somewhat fudged districts from the party in charge, we get custom-designed districts that model population changes over 10 years to ensure that Republicans keep majorities.
For instance, in Virginia's House of Delegates, Republicans lost by a -9 margin but still control the house. (Since that article was written: One race was a tie, and the coin flip went to the Republican. #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike) So please don't blame the people of the US, because our government is not a representative democracy.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto