How do we prevent gerrymandering?

Mad Max · February 23, 2015, 01:38:11 PM

Let's take the city of Austin, Texas for example. Despite being overwhelmingly liberal, it's split up by a half-dozen different districts, one of which [District 25] reaches all the way to Dallas, which is much more conservative.

How do we split these things more fairly?

Turkey · February 23, 2015, 01:45:15 PM

Do you ever feel like some political bullshit is just so deeply ingrained that it's impossible to fix? This is how I feel about gerrymandering. I wouldn't have the slightest clue how to go about fairly distributing districts.

Mad Max · February 23, 2015, 01:50:55 PM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on February 23, 2015, 01:45:15 PM

Do you ever feel like some political bullshit is just so deeply ingrained that it's impossible to fix? This is how I feel about gerrymandering. I wouldn't have the slightest clue how to go about fairly distributing districts.

Definitely. I feel like there's only methods to treat the symptoms, not the disease, at this point. Or basically just deal with it and adopt the "it is what it is" mentality.

rC · February 23, 2015, 02:43:10 PM

redraw every congressional boundary with a tiered system of objective and independent experts?

idk

Mad Max · February 23, 2015, 02:45:58 PM

I'm sure there's an argument against making each county its own district, but I'm not sure how that might be a bad idea.

More Than Mortal · February 23, 2015, 02:51:49 PM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on February 23, 2015, 01:45:15 PM

Do you ever feel like some political bullshit is just so deeply ingrained that it's impossible to fix? This is how I feel about gerrymandering. I wouldn't have the slightest clue how to go about fairly distributing districts.

Exactly this.

My go-to, really, is to shrink the size of the government. It's not a solution, per se, to gerrymandering but it has the expedient benefit of making gerrymandering less efficacious.

BrenMan 94 · February 23, 2015, 03:30:23 PM

Gerrymandering can be good in some instances because it allows equal representation of otherwise underrepresented groups (SC's District 6, for example, which basically represents every Democrat in the state).

Luciana · February 23, 2015, 06:01:28 PM

You don't

We hopefully wait for a modern day Julius Caesar to take office and get rid of the Republic for an empire, because the Roman Republic suffered the same things we're dealing with today

:^)

CIS · February 23, 2015, 09:01:40 PM

Quote from: Luciana on February 23, 2015, 06:01:28 PM

You don't

We hopefully wait for a modern day Julius Caesar to take office and get rid of the Republic for an empire, because the Roman Republic suffered the same things we're dealing with today

:^)

Will he be assassinated by a group of statesmen that includes one of his admirers?

aREALgod · February 23, 2015, 09:28:13 PM

Quote from: Luciana on February 23, 2015, 06:01:28 PM

You don't

We hopefully wait for a modern day Julius Caesar to take office and get rid of the Republic for an empire, because the Roman Republic suffered the same things we're dealing with today

:^)

I can't wait for the collapse, I can finally shoot people in "self defense" during the anarchy chaos

Luciana · February 24, 2015, 08:32:44 AM

Quote from: aTALLmidget on February 23, 2015, 09:28:13 PM

Quote from: Luciana on February 23, 2015, 06:01:28 PM
You don't

We hopefully wait for a modern day Julius Caesar to take office and get rid of the Republic for an empire, because the Roman Republic suffered the same things we're dealing with today

:^)

I can't wait for the collapse, I can finally shoot people in "self defense" during the anarchy chaos

I'm sure you'll be one of the people who hypes it up, only to get shot during a drive by.

Statefarm · February 24, 2015, 09:54:04 AM

Quote from: CIS Scum on February 23, 2015, 09:01:40 PM

Quote from: Luciana on February 23, 2015, 06:01:28 PM
You don't

We hopefully wait for a modern day Julius Caesar to take office and get rid of the Republic for an empire, because the Roman Republic suffered the same things we're dealing with today

:^)

Will he be assassinated by a group of statesmen that includes one of his admirers?

Et tu, Brute?

DAS B00T x2 · February 24, 2015, 10:36:22 AM

Quote from: CIS Scum on February 23, 2015, 09:01:40 PM

Quote from: Luciana on February 23, 2015, 06:01:28 PM
You don't

We hopefully wait for a modern day Julius Caesar to take office and get rid of the Republic for an empire, because the Roman Republic suffered the same things we're dealing with today

:^)

Will he be assassinated by a group of statesmen that includes one of his admirers?

Nah, the Koch brothers will just hire some Blackwater guys to do it.

aREALgod · February 24, 2015, 12:42:29 PM

Quote from: Luciana on February 24, 2015, 08:32:44 AM

Quote from: aTALLmidget on February 23, 2015, 09:28:13 PM
Quote from: Luciana on February 23, 2015, 06:01:28 PM
You don't

We hopefully wait for a modern day Julius Caesar to take office and get rid of the Republic for an empire, because the Roman Republic suffered the same things we're dealing with today

:^)

I can't wait for the collapse, I can finally shoot people in "self defense" during the anarchy chaos
I'm sure you'll be one of the people who hypes it up, only to get shot during a drive by.

Wow, that's mean

Sprungli · February 24, 2015, 04:43:07 PM

Some political beliefs are so entrenched fairness is pointless. Take here, the South Downs, for example; you could put a scarecrow up for the general election-but as long as it wore a blue tie the oldies and snobs around here would vote it in.

Release · February 24, 2015, 10:46:37 PM

Quote from: Mad Max on February 23, 2015, 02:45:58 PM

I'm sure there's an argument against making each county its own district, but I'm not sure how that might be a bad idea.

basically this. it eliminates the temptation for corruption.