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In my city there is a river which roughly splits it into two equal halves. You identify yourself by which side of the river you live on. But this algorithm comp
by Lendal 13y ago
In my city there is a river which roughly splits it into two equal halves. You identify yourself by which side of the river you live on. But this algorithm completely ignores this natural division and instead uses an arbitrarily angled line which doesn't take into account the people who live there and how they wish to be naturally divided.
Doomed to fail.
- peteretep 13y agoThat's sort of the point. The problem it's trying to solve is election of extremist representatives with little incentive to pander to both (all three?) sides of their electors.
- loumf 13y agoRather than just drawing lines, the areas should be built up from the census blocks (or some similar thing -- zipcodes, e.g.). It should also try to keep entire small towns together. This would tend to make areas that make more sense. They would have roughly the same shape, but people living at the boundaries would be more "correct".
- asmithmd1 13y agoI like these maps: http://commoncensus.org/maps.php#regional_maps http://commoncensus.org/maps.php#regional_maps Drawn by answers to the question: "What city has the most influence over the area where you live"