Use computers to end gerrymandering of congressional districts?

[Dan Druff]

Seems like a good idea to me.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...aborative_2_na

[FPS_Russia]

If it's fair the right will reject the idea. Cheating and disinformation are keys to the rights future political survival, imo. Convincing 50% of voters that they're in the 1% is a tough sell.

[Daly]

So if a computer district gets split between 2/multiple states who gets the electoral vote?

I didn't read the article so I don't know if that was covered.

[anonamoose]

So if a computer district gets split between 2/multiple states who gets the electoral vote?

I didn't read the article so I don't know if that was covered.

[IAmProfessionalTalk]

It's certainly better than the current system and also has no chance of happening.

[Dan Druff]

If it's fair the right will reject the idea. Cheating and disinformation are keys to the rights future political survival, imo. Convincing 50% of voters that they're in the 1% is a tough sell.

Look at Maryland's districts if you think this is something only Republicans do.

[Dan Druff]

It's certainly better than the current system and also has no chance of happening.

I agree this has little chance of happening.

It would take someone or something influential to speak out against the current system, to shame both sides into changing it.

[MumblesBadly]

If it's fair the right will reject the idea. Cheating and disinformation are keys to the rights future political survival, imo. Convincing 50% of voters that they're in the 1% is a tough sell.

Look at Maryland's districts if you think this is something only Republicans do.

The same thing was true of Texas until the GOP took control of the statehouse by the early 2000s. Texas had been a solid Dem state for decades and had gerrymandered the shit of it. Here's just recent history.

http://m.mysanantonio.com/opinion/co...me-5907532.php

[Crowe Diddly]

It's certainly better than the current system and also has no chance of happening.

I agree this has little chance of happening.

It would take someone or something influential to speak out against the current system, to shame both sides into changing it.

seems to me like it would take a constitutional amendment to pull this off. You may find a handful of states willing to do this on their own, but asking elected officials to change the mechanism by which they won office seems highly unlikely.




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