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Gerrymandering Using Census Clustering And GIS

Posted by timothy on from the as-if-incumbents-need-much-help dept.

dpplgngr writes "According to this BBC article, Map redrawing angers U.S. Democrats, Republicans in Texas are making use of Census data and mapping software to redraw districts, signficantly altering the election process, and resulting in the lowest overturn of incumbents in history."

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  1. New map shows.. by maskedbishounen · · Score: 4, Funny

    New map shows that Canada really is part of the United States!

    Okay, off to RTFA now, eh? :)

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    "An infinite number of monkeys typing into GNU emacs would never make a good program."
  2. Texas... by hedrek · · Score: 1, Funny

    it's like a whole other country.