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Election Reform

The Mouth

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16. A conservative friend and I kid each other: It's "gerrymandering" when the other side does it :-)

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Sep 10, 2017, 06:19 PM

Sep 2017

Seriously, we need some sort of impartial formula, something that requires the most compact possible district or some other mathematical construction that completely takes all demographics out of it so that every district is competitive.

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Prominent Republicans Urge Supreme Court to End Gerrymandering [View all] Eugene Sep 2017 OP

Wow ! Now let's hope their efforts are fruitful.. vkkv Sep 2017 #1

What democratic process? bucolic_frolic Sep 2017 #2

Thank you Eugene saidsimplesimon Sep 2017 #3

Wow! Good for them. TryLogic Sep 2017 #4

Have they noticed (finally) it insulates, puts the Repug looniest in charge? stuffmatters Sep 2017 #5

Any time the GOP or its members make a suggestion...trust me...it's for their own good. C Moon Sep 2017 #6

Bingo! SergeStorms Sep 2017 #8

I said this before...the GOP is currently doing nothing except planning for the 2018 elections. C Moon Sep 2017 #11

Bingo is right! WinstonSmith4740 Sep 2017 #14

Good Hekate Sep 2017 #7

After 2010 in OH the Republicans gerrymandered the shit out of the state and as .... Botany Sep 2017 #9

Don't just end gerrymandering. Undo it! Beartracks Sep 2017 #10

Gerrymandering in Canada mahigan Sep 2017 #12

The GOP.... SergeStorms Sep 2017 #13

Welcome to DU, mahigan! calimary Sep 2017 #15

Actually, I've been here for years mahigan Sep 2017 #17

A conservative friend and I kid each other: It's "gerrymandering" when the other side does it :-) The Mouth Sep 2017 #16

Many of the blue states, however NewJeffCT Sep 2017 #18

and the rs started and took full advantage of it when one senator designend his AllaN01Bear Sep 2017 #19