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Pons_Aelius ,

Gerrymandering is good or bad, depending on wether it helps the party I vote for.

GrimSheeper ,

Don’t be obtuse. The original map deliberately favored Republicans. The new map is more fair than the original. A fair map “aids” Democrats when compared to an unfair map which is biased in the Republicans’ favor.

This is not the same as the Democrats “gerrymandering” in their favor.

Mongostein ,

It’s not gerrymandering if you use strictly geographic and neighbourhood boundaries to create areas that contain an equal number of people.

Dkarma ,

Typical Republican

Pons_Aelius ,

Anyone I disagree with must support the other side!

I am not American...

In my country all electoral boundaries are set by an independent body, the politicians have zero say in the matter.

Dkarma ,

Never said you were

sanguinepar ,
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No, gerrymandering is always bad. This isn’t gerrymandering though.

Pons_Aelius , (edited )

Any place where the politicians decide their own electoral boundaries is gerrymandering in my opinion,

That was the case where I live, it changed to an independent body 25 years ago. The difference is night and day.

Before the change the conservatives held 66% of the state seats with only 39% of the vote. The conservatives were in power continuously for 30 years.

Shalakushka ,
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Good thing this was decided by the courts because the map chosen by Republican politicians disenfranchised people.

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