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by SR2Z 25 days ago
We will see how that plays out. In this year's elections, Trump is going to be so unpopular that unless he sends goon squads to the polls, the gerrymander might collapse.

In the future, I would certainly like to see a move to smaller, less-stable districts to discourage this behavior.

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Indeed; the whole appeal of a gerrymander is essentially to trade depth for breadth in your votes, and if the vote swings just a tiny bit too far the other way, it makes your district count incredibly brittle.

As for the future: yes, absolutely. Uncap the House; let's have districts with 50k-100k people, tops.