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Doesn't always take a Mathematician to show it. Until (within a few years) recently, there was a district (15, I think - but unsure) in Illinois that looked lik
by hermitdev 9y ago
Doesn't always take a Mathematician to show it. Until (within a few years) recently, there was a district (15, I think - but unsure) in Illinois that looked like a horse shoe. There was a district that was drawn east/west that surrounded another entirely in it's center, and it was only connected by an uninhabited area down the center of a tollway. That was the only thing that connected the north and south areas of the district. It was obviously drawn to ensure a Latino Representative was in the Congress. I don't know how you'd prove it, but it was obvious looking at the map of the district & it's demographics. I can't find a link to prove it, because, of course, the district lines have been redrawn.
- Sunset 9y agoScrap the system all together. This is frankly ridiculous.
- cjlarose 9y ago[Illinoi's 4th congressional district][1] was called the "earmuff" district because of its usual shape. It joined two predominately latino communities with a narrow strip of the I-294. But not all weirdly shaped districts are bad. Between the two latino communities in that area, there is a predominately African-American community. By joining two latino communities together into a single district, it ensured that they had a representative serving their interests. This district in particular was featured in [a recent LastWeekTonight episode][2]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois%27s_4th_congressional_district https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois%27s_4th_congressional... [2]: https://youtu.be/A-4dIImaodQ?t=684 https://youtu.be/A-4dIImaodQ?t=684