How do you feel about gerrymandering?

[originalpckelly]

Poll question: How do you feel about gerrymandering?

:shrug:

[originalpckelly]

1. So I take it that this is not a well-liked thing?

I may have a solution, I'll post it a little later today after thinking a little more about it.

[Odin2005]

2. Undemocratic BS

Just to be fair, both parties are guilty of doing it, but in the last 20 years the Pukes have been doing the majority of it.

[LiberalFighter]

3. One thing that Wisconsin does that I like...

They have 99 Assembly Districts and 33 Senate Districts.

There are 3 Assembly Districts that fit in 1 Senate District. Although they still don't compact the districts.

[undeterred]

7. yeah, but the Congressional districts in WI are a big joke

very weird map drawing in some places

[Radical Activist]

4. It's why I'm stuck with a Republican Congressman.

No matter how offensive or incompetent he is, he will always win re-election.

[LiberalFighter]

5. There should be more leeway on difference from district to district

The preference appears to be not more than 10%.

I would like to see counties never split up in Congressional Districts. Barring that then it at the least townships should never be split.

In addition, states should strive to have districts that are not more than twice its width.

[dsc]

6. Several comments

We will always be at a disadvantage in the Senate and likely to be at one in the House. The states are gerrymandered in the GOP's favor and we can't do squat about that. In the House, the problem is a bit more subtle. First, we have the minority districts. Each one of those is extremely heavily Democratic and necessitates that the rest of the districts are more Republican. For example, in North Carolina we have two districts that are designed to elect African Americans. That makes the districts around them much more Republican than they normally would be. A lesser problem is that Democrats tend to be consentrated. Places like New York and San Francisco are overwhelmingly Democratic to an extent that pretty much no places are as overwhelmingly Republican. Keeping political units in tact won't be as beneficial as we think. I don't know if perfect parity is worth sacrificing minority districts.

[SoCalDem]

8. I'd like to see it follow the Wyoming "model"

They have approximately 500k people and ONE rep. ...so for every 500K a state has, they get 1 rep.. That would give CA about 76..

and a computer grid, superimposed over a map would be the fair way to make districts "fair"..Larger cities of course would hvae a grid of streets to go by..and let the chips fall where they may..

Legislators should NOT get to "choose their voters"..for EITHER party

[Wiley50]

9. I really liked him when he played "The Beaver"

Oh wait!

That was Gerry Mathers


The whole process should be illegal

but what are you gonna do about it?

Any real accountability these days is like pulling teeth

(no offense to dentists)