Gerrymandering by Computer

jefu writes "In the latest New Yorker there is an excellent article on redistricting and gerrymandering (more permanent URL). It discusses how recent gerrymandering is being done with the aid of computers. It also discusses how redistricting is polarizing voters and is making many seats in the House of Representatives 'safe seats' which effectively gives incumbents a permanent seat. It is not hard to see how this also tends to leave our 'elected' representatives in a position where voter input is less important to them than things like lobbying." Few articles about gerrymandering really get into how ugly and blatant it is.

Re:Independent electoral commission

[Anonymous Coward]

Thanks for missing the entire point, Captain Obvious. The whole question is how you divide up the people into 100,000 groups.

Now why don't you climb back on the short bus on your way back to retard school (or just regular schools in Canada).

Re:Not so fast...

[AsshatExtraordinaire]

Well, if you were using a *real* text editor, you could just create a macro.

Re:More frequent now

[koreth]

Either half of Texas truly knows *nothing* about Civics

Of course they don't. Everyone knows Texans drive pickup trucks, not wimpy little Japanese passenger cars.