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blackbootz · 3278 days ago · link · · parent · post: Here are 5 awesome things that have happened to Bernie Sanders since he announced
In that case, the double standard lies in the Atlantic's reporting of O'Malley. These are Maryland's "proportionate" districts: Granted, and this is conjecture, I imagine that the politicians in Maryland were under political pressure to gerrymander because the Republicans do it so much. They control more state legislatures than Democrats, so Democrats in Maryland "did what they had to" to wrest one more House seat for themselves. It's deplorable but the reality of pressures and forces inherent to our government.