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The T district doesn't even look problematic to me. Nor does the other California letter, X, which is made up of a combination of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by raldi 7y ago
The T district doesn't even look problematic to me. Nor does the other California letter, X, which is made up of a combination of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_8th_congressional_district https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_8th_congression...
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_14th_congressional_district https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_14th_congressio...
...both of which seem like textbook examples of what a good, non-gerrymandered district should look like.
- thephyber 7y agoI think it was a dig at Texas, especially since the gp didn't mention the third CA letter.
- raldi 7y agoThere isn't a third. There are two, T (made up of one district) and X (made of two). If the point of this project was to call attention to ridiculously-shaped gerrymandered districts, these are some of the last districts that should ever be considered for inclusion.
- undersuit 7y ago>these are some of the last districts that should ever be considered for inclusion. Maybe there were, and the author had to use them for their relatively sane shapes compared to calling Maryland's 3rd District the X.
- raldi 7y agoBe that as it may, it substantially undermines the premise of the work, which is presumably, "Gerrymandering is so rampant that you can make an entire alphabetic font out of gerrymandered districts".
- harimau777 7y agoI think that "Gerrymandering is so rampant that you can make 24 of the 26 letters out of gerrymandered districts" still demonstrates their point.
- raldi 7y agoD, E, O, Q, T, X, Y, and half of Z all seem fine to me.