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.

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Re:Hmm

[Zeinfeld]

Why the heck is the parent modded Troll not once, but twice!?!? If anything it should be Informative or Insightful.

The Republican party is very anxious to prevent people hearing about what they did in Florida. If they learned that the GOP was fixing the vote long before the election they might be less willing to believe the claims that the count was also rigged.

I do not know whether it was the case in this instance, but there are a couple of right wing groups that ask their members to mod down stories that they consider 'off message'.