family-vote
Explanation
The Joke
A parent announces the results of a family vote: "One vote for vacation at Disney, and two votes for spending summer reading the dictionary and not talking back." The children protest "But that's not fair!" and the parent dismisses them with "Our democracy isn't fair!" The caption below the comic delivers the real punchline: "Parenting became a lot easier after we gerrymandered the house."
The Humor
The comic draws a parallel between dysfunctional democratic politics and family dynamics. The parents have rigged the "family democracy" so that their two votes always outnumber the children's preferences, making the vote a sham -- exactly the way gerrymandering works in real politics, where district boundaries are drawn to predetermine electoral outcomes. The humor comes from applying a serious political concept (gerrymandering) to the petty domestic context of choosing a family vacation, and from the parents' shameless admission that their version of "democracy" was never meant to be fair. The children's complaint mirrors the frustration of voters in gerrymandered districts who feel their votes do not matter.