Average Democrat voters will never learn this lesson because they believe idealism is uncouth and that pragmatism means compromising your own values. And they will lose every time to the passionate jug hooter.

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Yes the GOP is worse and yes you need to fight fire with fire by gerrymandering as well. But you don't get to also be holier-than-thou when doing it. "They're doing it in Texas so we'll fight back in California" is good enough of an argument.