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Feels like we need to get away from geographic based representation at the state level. In a hypothetical state where voters of parties are evenly distributed g
by jay-anderson 9y ago
Feels like we need to get away from geographic based representation at the state level. In a hypothetical state where voters of parties are evenly distributed geographically we would end up with the majority party always winning anyway no matter how the district lines are drawn. This feels like the end goal of gerrymandering -- it's just that since party voters aren't distributed evenly geographically they need to draw odd districts to get the desired distributions.
Switching to a system where as a state we pick based on party representation or as a whole pick N candidates (something like they do in parts of Europe I believe) seems preferable and renders gerrymandering ineffective because there are no districts to draw. Hopefully we'd get representation based on the voters being represented with this style of system.
- pas 9y agoThe important thing is to allow ranked voting, which would help with the current duopoly in US politics. And of course drawing lines on a map rarely helps with fairness.
- Armisael16 9y agoThere has to be some limit. I don't think it's reasonable to expect Californians to rank every competitor for 53 seats.
- walshemj 9y agoParty list systems reward party insiders you don't get a direct say in who represents you which is the down side.