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We might be living the final moments of not being terrified what the US President is going to do (lemmy.autism.place)
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These might be the good old days. Go outside, feel the grass, say wassup to your neighbors,... whatever you do that means community, because sh*t might get bad for a while.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gerrymandering is a complicated one : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwBslntC3xg

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Only in the United States. Canada solved the problem years ago.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not sure there is a perfectly solution. Mapmen cover it very well (and it's funny as always).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Canada has an independent electoral commision that sets electoral boundaries, mostly on geographic borders, like county lines. My electoral district, for example, is Leed, the Grenville, the Thousand Islands, and Rideau Lakes and encompases those four geographic districts. It can also be done by a computer using maximum n-sided polygons with equal populations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You didn't MapMen. 😃 You can't just do it on population numbers because minorities can end up completely unrepresented. You have to include more factors than just population numbers. But it certainty should be kept apart from politicians, and it be criminal for them to rig it....

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

As a Canadian I always forget to take the racist factor into account.