A solution for gerrymandering
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Computers are taking gerrymandering to a whole new level
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You know I heart you Chicago, but u killing me tonight. Mayoral race notwithstanding, this is gerrymandered 2nd ward http://t.co/Fnq75tup06—
Caroline Vanderoef (@CAVandy) February 25, 2015
Gerrymandering explained
12 Sep 2014 Leave a comment
in Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: democratic elections, gerrymandering, malapportionment, political accountability, political corruption
Politicians redraw the electoral boundaries to maximize their support in the newly created district. The obvious outcome is that you can get more seats for less votes.
The gerrymander is named after 19th-century Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry. After Gerry took office in 1810, his Democratic-Republican party redrew the map of the state’s Senate districts in a particularly dramatic and unusual manner to weaken the opposing Federalist Party.
Gerry is less famous for signing the Declaration of Independence and refusing to sign the Constitution because it initially didn’t include a Bill of Rights.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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