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« on: October 06, 2014, 08:18:15 AM »

It's not that America is per se a natural GOP gerrymander; rather, an America composed of single-member congressional districts, where political opinion in areas of high population density tends to be more homogeneous, is a natural GOP gerrymander. One way to obliterate a lot of this problem would be through multi-member congressional districts.
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« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2014, 09:50:50 AM »

Your concerns are certainly valid (not that you need me to tell you that). I've toyed with the following idea (it's in very early stages, not terribly well thought out yet):

States with 5 or fewer representatives would each consist of one multi-member district from which all representatives would be drawn.

States with 6 or more representatives would draw multi-member districts of no fewer than 3, no more than 5 representatives per district, subject to reasonable constraints on the drawing of the districts, preserving COIs, etc.

That might not be enough to really dilute the effect in the most highly concentrated urban areas, but it would suffice for most.
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