Despite Republicans successfully gerrymandering other states, I am glad Democrats did not get away with a gerrymander of their own. That just further erodes our democracy.
> Ideally, an independent group of experts—not one man—would have drawn these districts in consultation with the public. Ideally, this would be done everywhere.
While I agree independent commissions are preferable to the legislature drawing maps, the real ideal is multi-member districts. If we had 3 or more reps per district (with larger district sizes to keep the total number of reps constant) then gerrymandering ceases to be an issue. We could use ranked choice voting in the elections, which would mathematically result in proportional representation. This is how it’s done in Ireland.
Despite Republicans successfully gerrymandering other states, I am glad Democrats did not get away with a gerrymander of their own. That just further erodes our democracy.
> Ideally, an independent group of experts—not one man—would have drawn these districts in consultation with the public. Ideally, this would be done everywhere.
While I agree independent commissions are preferable to the legislature drawing maps, the real ideal is multi-member districts. If we had 3 or more reps per district (with larger district sizes to keep the total number of reps constant) then gerrymandering ceases to be an issue. We could use ranked choice voting in the elections, which would mathematically result in proportional representation. This is how it’s done in Ireland.
Thanks Ross. RJ
send difiore and her team to Texas