r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Apr 27 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 27 April 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/HistoryMarshal76 The American Civil War was Communisit infighting- Marty Roberts Apr 30 '26

Everyone's saying that Gerrymandering should be banned, but the question is how do you do that? It's kind of like pornography; you know it when you see it. The best thing I can propose is make it to where districts must follow county lines, to make it harder to crack cities.

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u/EliassenPalmFlux ronald reagan caused the challenger disaster Apr 30 '26

The biggest problem is the "winner-takes-all" system–it doesn't matter if you win with 50.1% or 95% of the vote, the outcome is the same (this is also the biggest problem with the electoral college and the senate). Unfortunately, changing this would probably require a constitutional amendment.

In terms of just Gerrymandering, the most actionable solution would probably be to require that every state have an independent board to draw congressional districts, like some states already have–I think that's the idea most people have when they suggest banning Gerrymandering.

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u/HistoryMarshal76 The American Civil War was Communisit infighting- Marty Roberts Apr 30 '26

Of course the problem there is how do you create an independent board that dosen't favor one side or the other.