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If you do that, and a state's population has 40% minority, and the boundaries make every district 40% minority, is that better than mapping so that

Posted by Max Jan 17 '13, 12:02

60% of districts have a majority majority and 40% of districts have a minority majority?

I would think that mapping every district with a 60/40 split would mean minorities never get elected. Would that be considered good because it's representative of the state, or bad because it excludes minorities?

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- and there's the definition of minority. Race? Economic status? Occupational lifestyle? That last one could determine if you try to capture - Max Jan 17, 12:08

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