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DNC districts aren't that much different really, just look at the incumbency rates in Congress. The difference in how the districts are drawn could also be explained by demographics. Most non-white, traditionally Democratic voting population tends to live in pretty homogeneous areas so there is less of a need to blatantly gerrymander.
Same thing for "discouraging" voters, the only reason you see it from Reps and not Dems is because Reps have a very easy way to do it with historically Democratic voters who tend to be lower income and might not have the ability to comply with all of the rules set forth.
Make no mistake there is not a real difference between the two parties, because crucially the parties are run and staffed by politicians and politicians care about one thing and one thing only - power. That is not to say that there aren't some who genuinely want to make things better but that's a very small and largely irrelevant minority.
Same thing for "discouraging" voters, the only reason you see it from Reps and not Dems is because Reps have a very easy way to do it with historically Democratic voters who tend to be lower income and might not have the ability to comply with all of the rules set forth.
Make no mistake there is not a real difference between the two parties, because crucially the parties are run and staffed by politicians and politicians care about one thing and one thing only - power. That is not to say that there aren't some who genuinely want to make things better but that's a very small and largely irrelevant minority.