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Geograpical district should be on their way out. Why think I share terribly much with people that live around me? This may be a bit true in some cases (historic
by guard-of-terra 11y ago
Geograpical district should be on their way out. Why think I share terribly much with people that live around me? This may be a bit true in some cases (historic city centers, good suburbia) and wrong in other cases (outskirts of large cities where everybody is a stranger).
Let people create districts themself, vote in those. Occupation-defined, lifestyle-defined, not just geography-defined. Let everybody vote in, say, three districts.
This way I'll be voting in software developers' "district" and choose between five awesome candidates, not between girl I loathe and guy I merely find acceptable. Also will vote in independent music "district" and finally my city district.
- jedharris 11y agoI like this. But how would it work in practice? You need a mechanism for keeping these virtual districts balanced. Also these districts could use ranked voting (single transferable vote) so could avoid most of the negative aspects of the current system. One way to start with this would be to create "fantasy legislatures" based on this kind of districting / voting. Initially these would be just a hobby but if the process worked it would draw people in and become a way for under-represented groups to get a voice. Maybe it could become a stepping stone to electoral politics and possible even influence reforms to the system. I'd be happy to work on this if others want to as well. Or possibly it is already underway, if so provide a pointer.
- guard-of-terra 11y agoWhat do you mean by unbalanced districts? If district undersubscribes, it doesn't elect anybody; if it oversubscribes, maybe two people are elected from it instead of just one? I would be happy to work on this too.