tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post3246357829820039694..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): The Democrats will NOT retake the House of RepresentativesMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-55972466130907189002016-08-27T15:22:40.416-05:002016-08-27T15:22:40.416-05:00This is one of my pet peeves. It is time to remove...This is one of my pet peeves. It is time to remove humans completely from the establishment of district boundaries. All you need to do this is information on where the populations live (census data) and the geometry of the state. Computation makes the whole thing easy. There are several algorithms. Here are two:<br /><br /><a href="http://bolson.org/dist/" rel="nofollow">Redistricting by shortest<br /> average distance to district center</a><br /><a href="http://rangevoting.org/GerryExamples.html" rel="nofollow">Redistricting by shortest splitline</a><br>nolanddahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708768497461983779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-16883459039473836732016-08-27T13:16:51.516-05:002016-08-27T13:16:51.516-05:00Democrats need to pay attention though.
The reas...Democrats need to pay attention though. <br /><br />The reason the map is such is mess is because Republicans won the disastrous first midterms after Obama took office during most of the hype along Obamacare. 2020 is the next census year. And also a presidential election year. <br /><br />Obama left teams in Texas and other heavily latino states with the intent of developing Democratic talent in school boards and county boards that could rise to the state and federal level once those states reach the tipping point. For instance, in Texas, that could be in 4 years or so.<br /><br />Once Republicans loose Texas, Democrats will control congress for years.<br /><br />However, it is crucial that Democrats win in 2020. It might be more important than winning this cycle. Republican will gerrymander even more if they get an opportunity (and so will Democrats, but somehow I care less about that - which is the entire problem).Nepkarelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-11611108493438951122016-08-25T13:37:53.217-05:002016-08-25T13:37:53.217-05:00Both parties are flagrantly guilty of doing this. ...Both parties are flagrantly guilty of doing this. It makes me sick.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09110900165910048617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-22419003300957966042016-08-24T07:50:49.413-05:002016-08-24T07:50:49.413-05:00It's also the reason the Dems may retake the S...It's also the reason the Dems may retake the Senate: Senatorial districts (which don't exist) can't be gerrymandered.<br /><br />Lurker111<br /><br />(I posted this once on ABCNews.com, aka Limp Story*, and the post was deleted in ten minutes.)<br /><br />*As opposed to Raw Story.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com