The rules don't need to be perfect. The fundamental issue with gerrymandering is that we want politicians to compete by appealing to voters, rather than competi

The rules don't need to be perfect. The fundamental issue with gerrymandering is that we want politicians to compete by appealing to voters, rather than competing by toying with election rules. And while I agree there are tradeoffs involved in having geographic representation, these bizarrely shaped districts don't really provide that. They don't align with any administrative or cultural borders.