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Strongbad, not neccessarily, the number of constituents per district varies by state, but should be roughly equal within a state -- (link)

Posted by znufrii Oct 2 '14, 12:09

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and varies based on how evenly divisible its population is by the national average (en.wikipedia.org)

and varies based on how evenly divisible its population is by the national average

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Here's something I've been pondering -- ST should tell me why this wouldn't be a good idea. - mara Oct 2, 12:54 3
- It's called Multi-Member Constituency, and it's my favoured system, when combined with ranked voting. -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 13:03 2
  - It's the only way I would want to see totally computerized districting that takes no neighborhood characteristics into account. -- nm - mara Oct 2, 13:11 1
    - I think just straight lines is overdoing it, but you can have some "measure of roundness" that districts have to fit into. -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 13:14
Thanks. Didn't realize that. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 2, 12:37
I would suspect that number really comes more from Urban districts going like 80-20 Dem and Rural districts only going like 60-40 Rep. -- nm - Ender Oct 2, 12:21 10
- which is precisely how partisan gerrymandering works - znufrii Oct 2, 12:29 8
  - in wa they have broken up several 'urban' districts so minorities are not the majority in one, but minority in several -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 2, 12:41
  - Here's a question I've always wondered about - Strongbad Oct 2, 12:39 3
    - yeah, that does get a bit tricky, as gerrymandering is also used to ensure minority representation in Congress - znufrii Oct 2, 12:44 2
      - Man. It would be World War 3 here in GA if the R's set their sight on Lewis. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 2, 12:57 1
        
        in any case, it's all the better for the Republicans if they keep him around and put as many Democrats as possible into his district. - znufrii Oct 2, 13:00
  - Or the other way around. -- nm - spamlet Oct 2, 12:34 1
    - or the other way around, I'm using the GOP simply for illustrative purposes, as they've used it to their marked advantage most recently. -- nm - znufrii Oct 2, 12:35
  - and lo and behold, in 2012... -- (link) - znufrii Oct 2, 12:34
- If the Republicans are in charge. If the Democrats are in charge, flip it. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 2, 12:24 [Image]

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