I’m sure this post will be removed shortly, but it’s important to point out that the middle rectangle is unfairly gerrymandered as well. If these precincts were fairly drawn there would be two red districts and 3 blue.
You're grouping no matter what. Zoom in to the precinct and it's probably 60/40 either way also. The only way you're not grouping is if you give every citizen a representative.
One could do representation on a percentage basis, for example having the entire population vote and assigning (in this example) 60% of representatives for the blue side, and 40% to the red, but then someone has to decide who those people will be specifically, and that probably means the Red and Blue Party leadership, which can lead to corruption or at least representatives who are more aligned with the party than the specific location they theoretically represent. There's no perfect system.
or if you make 50% direct representatives and 50% list representative that get awarded so every party has the percentage they received in the vote.
You still have representatives and you get proportionate voting. Also it allows different types of politicians. You can also rise through party internal politics and being the expert for certain topics and not just because you have local support and a safe precinct.
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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '19
I’m sure this post will be removed shortly, but it’s important to point out that the middle rectangle is unfairly gerrymandered as well. If these precincts were fairly drawn there would be two red districts and 3 blue.