Re: What is the mathematics behind districting?
In article <u%Laf.9726$D13.1768@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Chris Pollett
<cpollett@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This Nov.8 in California there is going to be a special election in
> which one of the ballot initiative (Prop 77) concerns how district lines
> are drawn. This got me thinking about whether there is any mathematical
> way of saying one has drawn district lines reasonably?
The field dealing with election systems is a part of "social choice". The
fact that Gerrymandering is useful is connected to the fact that the
winner takes it all elections systems have a very inefficient vote in the
sense that voters that put their vote on a candidate that is not elected
elects nothing, thus merely loosing the vote. Apart from playing around
with district drawing, one can thus also try to create more voter
efficient election systems.
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Hans Aberg
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