I could see this being a great activity in a high school civics class. Very creative. One rule that tripped me up is: > If two parties tie in a district, nobody wins it. This isn't realistic as ties don't happen in practice in elections, and some party will end up representing it. But the spirit of the gerrymandering concept is conveyed well enough.
> This isn't realistic as ties don't happen in practice in elections, and some party will end up representing it. Ties happen from time to time. Here's one I could find [1], and I recall one that I can't find maybe a decade ago in coastal northern california that they resolved by throwing dice. [1] https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/dec/4/election-tie-blue-la...
I think it wasn't so much that ties aren't possible, but that ties don't mean "no one wins". If you make one district safe and three districts are a coin toss between your two rivals, one of them has much more power than you in the end.