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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I'm not sure why "computer assisted" redistricting that is taking a lot of heat for this. Legislatures came up with equally whacked gerrymanders by hand long ago, though I suppose the "computer generated" could lend some justification to what is otherwise outrageous..
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I figured it was lazy journalistic shorthand that lent an air of evil to the situation as a replacement for "gerrymandering", which few readers actually understand and which the journalists don't want to take the time to explain. It's like calling the new systems out for being done in red ink instead of black - it has nothing to do with the problem, but it gives some jingoistic label for them to focus on when they want to talk about the bad system
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