Democracy Quote by Heather Cox Richardson

American voting districts are, across a lot of the country, deeply messed up by having been gerrymandered by right-wing politicians.

— Timothy Morton

“Much needs to be done to fix the gerrymandered system so that each citizen has one equal vote, and so that each vote can…

— Timothy Snyder

We always look at gerrymandering and what it has done to voting in America, but what I realized the other day is that the…

— Trevor Noah

In states where Republicans have gerrymandered themselves into nearly impenetrable legislative majorities, they have also taken steps to try to close the paths the…

— Jamelle Bouie

“She was from the wrong side of the tracks no matter how you gerrymandered the town.”

— James Lileks

I don't know how you change that. There's hardly anybody left like me in the Democratic Party in Congress. These districts have been so…

— Collin Peterson

Ranked Choice Voting is simple, empowers voters, and rewards candidates who broaden support beyond their base.

— Dean Phillips

My younger self could not imagine standing on the floor of Congress as a member of Congress voting on legislation that, if enacted, would…

— Ritchie Torres

I spent many years working for voting rights, but we still see sophisticated efforts, led by white officials, to disenfranchise black voters in local…

— Edward Brooke

The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out…

— David Byrne

If Robert Heinlein is more to your taste than George Lucas: “If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There…

— Kevin Drum

“All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or back gammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and…

— Henry David Thoreau