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by RecycledEle 914 days ago
Please do not link to stories claiming gerrymandering without showing maps. Whatever map is the closest to a bunch of little squares is the fairest.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=map+of+texas+state+congressional+d...

Compare that to other states: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=map+of+new+york+state+congressiona...

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=map+of+newcalifornia+state+congres...

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Maybe you can enlighten me how the shape plays a role here? In the end isn't this about how close the absolute vote matches the political outcome? One could easily come up with rectangular districts that skew the result, right?

I am from somewhere where all important democratic elections are won by absolute numbers, so we don't even have the whole problem.

Really?

The term gerrymandering comes from a district that was drawn so convoluted that it looked like a Salamander.

If you want fair elections, without districts being gerrymandered, just draw rectangles with about equal populations and be done with it.