One reason US democracy is in trouble? Its supporters are moving elsewhere | Justin Gest
Source: US news | The Guardian · Bias: Center Left
Summary
The recent exodus of people – voluntary and not – from the US threatens to worsen America’s authoritarian slippageThe recent frenzy of attempts to redraw electoral districts is ultimately about voice and silence in US democracy. When districts are cut to maximize one ideological perspective, the representation of large concentrations of Americans with opposing views can be diluted or erased. In many of the new Republican-drawn state maps, it will be as if such citizens have departed entirely.Since Donald Trump enacted a series of policies that undermine institutional checks and balances, new population data suggests that, at the same time, many such citizens have departed quite literally.Justin Gest is a professor at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government. He has authored seven books on the politics of immigration, democracy, and demographic change, including his forthcoming work, Democratic Drain: Global Migration and the Struggle for Democracy Continue reading...
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