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As evidenced by the gerrymandered districts intended to do things like sway presidential elections. Clearly the system is working as designed and not being chea

• ixtli 9y ago
  That's kinda what I'm getting at: gerrymandering is the implementation. Our legislatures need to specify and clarify rules to stop those kind of abuses, but I don't think anyone is going to jail for gerrymandering a district. My point was simply that these are the rules of the game but people seem to believe someone is cheating.
  • maxerickson 9y ago
    It's generally the legislators that are drawing the districts. In Michigan there is a constitutional referendum coming up that will take that power away from them if it passes.
• strictnein 9y ago
  How does one use gerrymandering to sway a presidential election?
  • macintux 9y ago
    Nothing in the short run, but I think an argument could be made that gerrymandering in the age when digital technology has enabled very precise calculations to be made has engendered a completely dysfunctional political system. And that completely dysfunctional political system certainly played a role in the last election.
• neuronexmachina 9y ago
  Gerrymandering sways House and state-level elections. It doesn't have a direct impact on Senate and Presidential elections.
  • davvolun 9y ago
    NE-02 sent an electoral vote to Obama in 2008, whereas the other 4 NE votes went to McCain. In 2010, NE-02 was gerrymandered (arguably) and all 5 votes have gone to Romney (2012) and Trump (2016) since then. Admittedly, that's sort of an exception that proves the rule. Only NE and ME don't operate under a winner-takes-all, they've so far only split their votes once each (2008 in NE and 2016 in ME), and their votes -- certainly splitting their votes -- has never impacted the result of a Presidential election.
  • Feniks 9y ago
    The electoral college is gerrymandering though. Obviously it exist because otherwise the Eastcoast and Westcoast decide every election instead of Ohio lol.