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by elipsey 3877 days ago
I totally agree in general, but I'm not sure anymore whether gerrymandering is unequivically evil. There are lots of apparently "unfair" ways to do apportionment, but finding a perfect one is sort of harder than it looks at first glance.

For anyone who missed this, here is a post by the instructor of an MIT class that teaches gerrymandering (how, not what!):

http://mitesp.tumblr.com/post/130793404248/how-i-teach-gerry...