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by danaris 26 days ago
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.