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Reverse-gerrymandering in which races are made artificially competitive so politicians are required to be responsive rather than insulated.
by germinalphrase 5y ago
Reverse-gerrymandering in which races are made artificially competitive so politicians are required to be responsive rather than insulated.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoInteresting idea. I note, though, that one of the situations where people cry "gerrymandering" is when party X is the currently-dominant party in the state, and party Y has a "safe" district, and party X arranges to break up that district as they redraw the lines. That might qualify as a reverse-gerrymander, but people still complain about gerrymandering when it happens.
- germinalphrase 5y agoMy plan is entirely unrealistic. Neither party would ever agree to engage with the process because they fundamentally do not want competitive races. It’s essentially asking for mutual disarmament.