Quote (Saucisson6000 @ Sep 4 2020 04:21am)
From wiki
In 2015, an analyst reported that the two major parties differ in the way they redraw districts. The Democrats construct coalition districts of liberals and minorities together with conservatives which results in Democratic-leaning districts.[131] The Republicans tend to place liberals all together in a district, conservatives in others, creating clear partisan districts.
But lets focuse on 0.0025% of "fraud"... Still ignoring historical voter suppression issue btw.
Again, in case you don't understand this concept: Gerrymandering is inherent to districting. There's no way to get rid of it, because there's no neutral point. Its always going to be a subjective measure of what change could favor which party more or less. And districting is inherently political, going all the way back to the founding of the country. Every "analysis", every report, every metric or algorithm, just boils down to a subjective opinion on which side should benefit more or less.
If you put people in a 60/40 district favoring one side, it means that the 40% are effectively disenfranchised and will never win, removing them from the vote. If you put people in a 100/0 district, it means that those voters are being 'wasted'.
Its called cracking and packing. Both parties do it, both try to optimize their political advantage, and its not remotely new. It isn't some terrible form of 'historical voter suppression', its the natural consequence of districting.