{"id":24859,"date":"2023-01-21T11:13:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T19:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=24859"},"modified":"2023-01-21T11:13:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T19:13:24","slug":"democracy-in-peril-in-us-state-of-ohio-due-to-gerrymandering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/21\/democracy-in-peril-in-us-state-of-ohio-due-to-gerrymandering\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy in peril in US state of Ohio due to gerrymandering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Democracy in peril in US state of Ohio due to gerrymandering \u2022 FRANCE 24 English\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RCF4i2vV1Ng?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@France24_en\">FRANCE 24 English<\/a>  Jan 20, 2023 In the United States, the electoral map is redrawn every 10 years\u00a0in order to better reflect population changes. But often it&#8217;s the party in charge\u00a0in each state who oversees the remapping, giving them a chance to redraw districts to their advantage in future election outcomes. This practice is known as\u00a0gerrymandering. In the state of Ohio, most state lawmakers are Republican, despite only a slim majority of Ohioans identifying as GOP voters. FRANCE 24\u2019s Fanny\u00a0Allard reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRANCE 24 English Jan 20, 2023 In the United States, the electoral map is redrawn every 10 years\u00a0in order to better reflect population changes. But often it&#8217;s the party in charge\u00a0in each state who oversees the remapping, giving them a chance to redraw districts to their advantage in future election&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/21\/democracy-in-peril-in-us-state-of-ohio-due-to-gerrymandering\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24859"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24860,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24859\/revisions\/24860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}