Properly done gerrymandering will increase the weight of some votes and nullify the effect of others, in order to ensure with near certainty that elections will yield the outcome desired by the incumbents.
There's a difference between reality TV and reality. There's a big difference.
When elections are not democratic, even the most populist discussions become superficial, disconnected from real power; they are theatre.
Everybody knows the dice are loaded.
I believe that reality TV should be called 'not reality' TV; it's fiction.
If you're rude for television's sake, it ain't reality TV.
For me, I feel like reality TV is anything but these days.
Believe me, folks, I've been saying it for a long time. The system, the whole system is rigged.
Americans resident in China inform us that the ballot box in their country is greatly abused for personal ends, and Chinese admirers of the American Republic have not minutely examined its defects.
It's too much show business and too much prompting, too much artificiality, and not really debates. They're rehearsed appearances.
How many reality shows can you watch? They're so obviously phony.
What has reality shows got to do with reality? It is beyond unreality; there is nothing real about it.
Everything in Gatlin was rigged. Why would the carnival games be any different?
I hate reality shows that are not reality.
If the constitution of the electoral body disposes them to choose unfit persons, there are always plenty of such persons to choose from
