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What is Gerrymandering

submitted by Warren E. Hale

(MrFisk)
7 years 9 months 1 week ago

"The process of re-drawing district lines to give an advantage to one party over another is called "gerrymandering". Here's how it works. (Daron Taylor/The Washington Post)"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/13/this-is-actually-what-america-would-look-like-without-gerrymandering/?utm_term=.51dafb6858c8

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I'm guessing most know of this problem. I'm curious how it can be fixed. If politicians get to draw the lines then why wouldn't they do it this way?

@eric3579 It can be fixed by making the use of existing administrative and geographic borders mandatory. Like county borders.

It can also be fixed by allowing the smallest possible communities to decide where they want their votes to count from bottom up and then continue the process upwards, rather than decide at the top.

In fact many political problems are easily solved if you consider them on a local community scale.

@eric3579 It can also be fixed by taking away the power to draw electoral boundaries from the politicians and granting it to an independent authority.

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