Democracy Quote by Heather Cox Richardson

Since 2000, Republican policies have suppressed Democratic voting; since 2010, Republican gerrymandering has given the Republicans a heavy systematic advantage in Congress; and the…

— Heather Cox Richardson

“The Republican Party's gerrymandering efforts were also having unintended consequences. For years the party had poured resources into state legislatures in order to redraw…

— Mark Lilla

Voter suppression in Florida in 2000 helped put Republican George W Bush into office despite losing the popular vote and the targeting of state…

— Heather Cox Richardson

We were just at the beginnings of a recovery [in 2010]. And the, you know, whoever is president at that point is gonna get…

— Barack Obama

[The Republican Party] for example, they do run the House of Representatives, they're a majority there, and it's the House that is essentially sending…

— Noam Chomsky

First they gerrymander us into one-party fiefs. Then they tell us they only care about the swing districts. Then they complain about voter apathy.

— Gail Collins

Gerrymandering is a problem, of course, and the Senate is built in a way that disadvantages Democrats. Unfair as it may be, voter participation…

— Jonathan Capehart

The Republican playbook is voter suppression.

— Tom Perez

The Republicans are all about suppressing votes.

— Howard Dean

The Republican Party never moved on from Nixon's 'silent majority,' from the notion that it alone represents the supposedly authentic people of the United…

— Jamelle Bouie

What does it mean to have a Republican majority in the House? A lot of people think 'So what?' They should think again.

— Doug Ose

Fighting gerrymandering is one thing. The other thing is insuring we have the right candidates for the people and not the right candidates for…

— Ilhan Omar