Yeah we've already seen Republicans lose their shit when Democrats passed redistricting by popular vote in Virginia. Not surprising that the people who continue to support a child rapist hate the idea of consent, but they also just hate the idea of everybody playing by the same set of rules.
Yeah, that is going to left the republican with just one seat in Virginia.
I could quote Thomas again about the intent bit, but that's already been done. Earlier you were saying actually thats no big deal, but it is definitely an indication. But anyway.
I said that I see no indication of it being true and I stand by it. You are right, we have been over this and nothing has changed.
Not if you slice right through a city, or between nearby cities that are deeply interconnected. If you were to create a new “Asian-majority” district in California by slicing off a chunk of San Francisco that just so happens to include Chinatown I imagine you could get to the coveted “majority-minority” figure, but doing so would be detrimental to the residents because they operate within San Francisco, putting them in a separate district is nonsensical. How exactly is it “representative” when it doesn’t represent the wider area? You’re cherry picking one neighbourhood to get to a magic number. It’s representative of the goofy shape you picked only and doesn’t reflect the experience of the citizens. This is another thing we’ve already covered.
My approach is that districts should cover a specific geographic area, they should be compact and contiguous, and the racial make-up of that area is completely irrelevant. I don’t see how that “favours” anyone - elected representatives represent all residents of their district regardless of colour.
"In the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan (the "second wave" KKK) was a massive national movement with an estimated 2.5 to 4 million members. While the organization was not exclusively Democratic—attracting members from both major parties—it was overwhelmingly white, Protestant, and Southern/Midwestern, which in that era meant a significant portion, particularly in the South, were Democrats"
STILL clinging to that blatant fallacy? Like I said, in one ear and out the other with you, simp.
https://gerrymander.princeton.edu/
Wait. Did he actually think the Photoshop was the tattoo like Trump did? He needs to be careful of future scammers out there, because he'll fall for ANYTHING.
Umm Democrats also proposed it, stooge, Kennedy was a democrat. the ones who filibustered it were all from southern states. But hey keep trying.
So, how is this proven with a spreadsheet? It sounds more like vibes about the "right" shape, like, it should look neat.
It should look neat if that’s the topology. It doesn’t always, sometimes cities are arranged into a line due to geographical boundaries, but that’s fairly rare, and you can tell with a glance when that’s the case.
On this map? Not in isolation. I’d have to look at the actual map, followed by a population density map.
See above. I’d have to look at the reasoning before making a judgement call myself.
So based on topology, but also population density affects it? This is going to be an interesting spreadsheet.
Trick? I posted a population density map alongside it earlier, and a standard map isn’t difficult to pull up, so it wasn’t necessary to post - anyone interested has easy access to those. I know you’re pretty desperate to get your gotcha moment here, but I’ve been consistent throughout this entire thread.
As for why population density matters, it helps you identify whether a district is intermingling rural areas and densely populated urban areas at a glance. Not always 100% accurate, but it’s a good proxy for deeper research of the area for the purposes of an argument on an online forum about video games. I’m not drawing a district here, that’s not my job.
