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> we're just gerrymandering to a different measure. As long as we are using some objective measure rather than "how can we draw the lines to benefit ourselves.
by daveguy 10y ago
> we're just gerrymandering to a different measure.
As long as we are using some objective measure rather than "how can we draw the lines to benefit ourselves.
Personally I think there should only be approximately straight lines throughout. I'm not exactly sure how you could enforce that with mathematical rules (and still get proportional coverage).
But some objective measure is better than none.
- jaggederest 10y agohttp://rangevoting.org/GerryExamples.html http://rangevoting.org/GerryExamples.html has a good example of an algorithm.
- brianolson 10y agoHere's algorithmic redistricting for you, not straight lines, but soap bubbles. http://bdistricting.com/2010/ http://bdistricting.com/2010/