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North Carolina

drm604

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1. Gerrymandering is a HUGE issue.

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2015, 03:11 PM

Mar 2015

Everything else flows from who is elected. If the winners aren't truly representative of the electorate then we don't have representative government.

It's difficult to solve, because even if you find a fair method of drawing districts, the party that is benefiting from the current boundaries is likely the one in charge so they won't want to adopt it.

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Duke Mathematicians Investigate 2012 Election Results In North Carolina [View all] octoberlib Mar 2015 OP

Gerrymandering is a HUGE issue. drm604 Mar 2015 #1

I have a solution. rickford66 Mar 2015 #2

I believe that California has instituted a program.... bvar22 Mar 2015 #3

This sounds like a good solution but we'd have to take back the General Assembly octoberlib Mar 2015 #7

The California solution is an independent commission, not software/hardware Jim Lane Mar 2015 #8

In Ohio we have more Ds then Rs but the Republicans run this state and in 2012 both Botany Mar 2015 #4

It's not representative state government, that's for sure. octoberlib Mar 2015 #6

If a vote can be stolen through gerrymandering, it will be stolen. nt valerief Mar 2015 #5

So Duke is not a complete waste of oxygen after all? KamaAina Mar 2015 #9