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6. Because gerrymandering isn't perfect

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 08:17 PM

Jan 2018

If you create a district that is say 55 R and 45 D, in a year when we're changing races by more than 10 points, that gerrymandering disappears. But if you gerrymander by too much, you waste more of your votes. To maximize your party's seats, you'd want to win yours by 1 vote and get 0 votes in every district you don't win. But that's not possible.

Also if they start doing worse than estimated with a demographic group, that changes the numbers.

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I thought WI was heavily gerrymandered.... [View all] Tavarious Jackson Jan 2018 OP

Good God jodymarie aimee Jan 2018 #1

That's what I thought.. Tavarious Jackson Jan 2018 #2

Jesus, if any state deserves to ride that wave jodymarie aimee Jan 2018 #3

Maybe I am wrong than.. Tavarious Jackson Jan 2018 #4

They lost a seat they Bettie Jan 2018 #5

Because gerrymandering isn't perfect mythology Jan 2018 #6

They have no shame. We HAVE to vote these piles of garbage out! lkinwi Jan 2018 #7

It's pretty simple, and ugly rlegro Jan 2018 #8

Wow. Tavarious Jackson Jan 2018 #13

The concept of Gerrymandering is one of diminishing returns, I think. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2018 #9

They are but to win they have to get 3% to above republican voters to take a seat uponit7771 Jan 2018 #10