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> something close to algorithmic probably ends up the least controversial and most comprehensible in the long run One suggestion in this direction is the shortest split line algori…

One proposed implementation of your suggestion is the shortest split line algorithm: http://www.rangevoting.org/GerryExamples.html The OP also uses split lines, but they are optimi…

> the example on the webpage is pretty contrived That's true, but the point of the demonstration is simply that the snaky, salamander-looking shapes are not necessary. There's ever…

The main takeaway from the article is that sometimes there is a trade-off between nice geometrical shapes and proportional district results. If a machine gave you a crazy-shaped di…

> blue is a majority of every 3x3 square Blue is indeed a slight majority of every "3x lattice"-aligned square. But if you take the top left square and shift one down and one right…