Sunday, July 19, 2015

There's a simple way to end gerrymandering. Too bad Congress made it illegal. - Vox

http://www.vox.com/2015/7/17/8980137/fix-gerrymandering-multiple-member-districts 

Years back, a law professor told me that when she teaches a class on the drawing of legislative districts, she leaves the issue of multi-member districts for last because it solves all the problems too well and makes the rest of the material uninteresting.

I was reminded of that when I read Kim Soffen's Upshot column about the way geography rather than gerrymandering disadvantages Democrats in Florida when it comes to the US House of Representatives. . . .  

"Let's live on the planet as if we intend to stay."


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