Do away with those two things, and you destroy the Republic.
As to gerrymandering, both parties do it when they can, so I honestly don't see why you would mention it. I'm certainly no fan of it, but to pretend that the GOP does it more is insane. Some of the most heavily gerrymandered districts are Democrat districts. One of my favorites is Illinois's 4th Congressional District which is carefully structured to capture Hispanics so Illinois can send an Hispanic Congressman to D.C. They change it up every so often, but always to protect an Hispanic Congressman's seat.
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