There appeared to be two forces at work here, and are occurring at the state level.

First, If you have partisan primary elections, the attendance is very low, and skewed toward the extreme right in the case of Republicans, as well as the extreme left of Democrats; Ed described these individuals as “ardent voters.”

Second, is the extreme gerrymandering which occurs at the state level. Apparently, this has been engaged upon by both major political parties.

Ed suggested that gerrymandering needs to be stopped, and be reversed. He stressed that once that it had been made illegal, that the process of redistricting should be strictly carried out by a bipartisan committee.