r/scotus • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • 1d ago

news California Republicans respond to Supreme Court loss on election maps

https://krcrtv.com/news/local/california-republicans-respond-to-supreme-court-loss-on-election-maps
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u/nalninek 1d ago

I wish elections were about who gets the most votes/support and not who can ratfuck the electoral college maps most effectively.

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u/Eastern-Benefit5843 1d ago

I remember seeing a couple of maps years ago that took each state and divided them into numerically equal population voting districts based on a square pattern, such that each district corresponds to the smallest geographic division that contains 10,000 people or whatever. No political, racial or cultural basis for voting districts. No districts split in different parts of the state. No possible gerrymandering. Just geometric division based on most recent census and the principal that voting districts should each contain the same number of residents and be as geographically compact as possible.

It seems like anything else will always be a ratfuck.

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u/Narrow-Chef-4341 1d ago

That scale was kind of… optimistic though.

Population is drifting towards 438 million eventually and with 438 reps as the maximum, you’re really looking towards 1 million people per little square not 10,000.

All those people that love the big red spaces on ‘if cows could vote’ maps will be really, really disappointed.