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For example, "one of the principles that’s taken seriously by courts is that districts should be compact. The U.S. Constitution does not say that, but many state constitutions do, and it’s taken as a kind of general principle of how districts ought to look."
But there is no clear definition of what compact is. What is the cutoff between a reasonable but odd shape and over the line?
One way to approach is to compare the area of a district to the area of a circle with the same perimeter.
This Polsby-Popper score might be just the ticket.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger is onto something, but it will never happen. Powerful and *very* entrenched interests will simply not permit a change in status quo.
Mr. Schwarzenegger should have made this push within his own state of California while governor; at least then he would have had a stronger bully pulpit. As an out of office former governor and somewhat disgraced by his extra-marital affairs the powers that be both inside the Beltway and elsewhere can and will safely ignore this scheme. More so because as a naturalized citizen there is no threat of Mr. Schwarzenegger ever becoming POTUS no matter how popular he or his platform becomes.
A noble idea, but Gerrymandering will never end anytime soon. The self-serving politicians won't allow for it anytime soon - if ever.
Gerrymandering has been an issue for generations. I like the idea of computers (non-humans) coming up with voting districts based on demographic data inputs and so on. Unfortunately there is too much human meddling/self-interests (and the law) at this point to allow non-biased ideas/projections when redrawing districts every decade after the census data pours in.
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