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Stay tuned for part 2 in February. Then part 3 later in 2014. Sadly the elections won't fix this because of gerrymandering which is worse than any amount of m
by ck2 13y ago
Stay tuned for part 2 in February.
Then part 3 later in 2014.
Sadly the elections won't fix this because of gerrymandering which is worse than any amount of money in politics.
The House will always be toxic because of it. Senators cannot play that game which is why they tend to be slightly more sane.
- jskonhovd 13y agoI still don't understand why we don't use algorithms to fix gerrymandering. https://code.google.com/p/redistricter/ https://code.google.com/p/redistricter/
- ck2 13y agoIt's because you are thinking logically. Politics sadly has nothing to do with logic, it's a popularity contest.
- dragonwriter 13y agoBecause gerrymandering isn't the problem -- as evidenced by the fact that states that have non-partisan redistricting processes haven't managed to reduce the problem. There is no method of apportioning single-member districts whose representatives are elected in FPTP elections that has good results. Gerrymandering is politicians working to direct the way in which such a system fails in their own favor, but such a system is going to fail one way or another.
- krapp 13y agoBecause as far as the politicians who benefit from gerrymandering are concerned, it's not broken.