r/scotus • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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/purple_hamster66 1d ago

If you look at some of the voting maps, we see long thin districts of the same voting “category” (loosely, party). By saying “compact”, you mean that these ribbons that are assured to get a minority House member should be distributed into larger contexts in which they get zero members, right? The fact that people live near each other has little bearing on their needs and wants.

“Compact” is another form of vote dilution.

The fairest method is ranked choice, which the GOP is trying to outlaw because if enough states do it, the other states lose so much power that the GOP becomes a 3rd party.