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Furhtermore, the unit is "precinct", not "voter", so the starting input is already subject to gerrymandering. And the chart ignores the reality that districtin
by gohrt 11y ago
Furhtermore, the unit is "precinct", not "voter", so the starting input is already subject to gerrymandering.
And the chart ignores the reality that districting serves an important purpose: to give minorities (however defined) a non-zero voice in the representative body.
- jandrese 11y agoI thought that "make sure the black people have a vote" thing was a pretty clever way to disenfranchise them. One vote has very little power and you have sequestered most of the constituents behind that one vote, so the people with actual power (the majority of the other representatives) don't have to worry about them. I am amazed that people still consider it a good thing. Or that they ever considered it a good thing.