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How do you think district boundaries should be drawn for representation in the legislature?

Asked by JLeslie (65417points) January 11th, 2022 from iPhone

In the US there is always lots of talk about gerrymandering, I don’t know if that is a problem in other countries too. My state, Florida, USA, is always accused of being very gerrymandered, and I’d have to agree that is a problem here.

My question is, how would you draw the lines so that it’s more fair? As clean as possible in straight lines east to west and north to south with equal amounts of population in each district? Or, would you want rural areas separated from metropolitan areas, so each gets a more accurate representation of the people who live in those different types of places? What are some other ideas?

What states are the least gerrymandered, and how do they go about districting?

Thanks.

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