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Autonomous Representation Distribution

Latest comment: 8 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I think adding content of the proposed idea "Autonomous Representation Distribution" could be beneficial.

https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=5825822 ~2026-51441 (talk) 22:02, 16 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Antisemetism gerrymandering

Latest comment: 4 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

thebusa use of gerrymandering is seen as a very antisemetic political action. It takes an area of Jews who qualify for a congressman and slices the area into sections each one eaten by non jew area thus erasing any Jewish representation. ~2026-26009-45 (talk) 08:45, 9 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia is not a forum Catboy69 (talk) 14:23, 11 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

pronunciation

Latest comment: 4 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

"Residents of Marblehead, Massachusetts, Gerry's hometown, continue to use the original pronunciation"

they most definitely do not!

since elbridge gerry (hard G) is locally famous, some residents will maintain the term "should be" pronounced to match or "used to be" pronounced to match, but no one is actually doing so. ask 1000 residents about some case of gerrymandering in the news, every last one will pronounce it the standard way.

as is obvious in the source given, the letter -- and its response -- were written tongue-in-cheek. i question whether even the late Ms. Stanton said it with a hard G, other than during this fanciful "campaign". ~2026-28414-89 (talk) 20:55, 11 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

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