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Albus Dumbledore
Havelock Vetinari
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Congo, The Democratic Republic of the


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E: -0.71, S: -2.17

« on: June 05, 2008, 12:14:05 AM »

What would it look like with politically advantageous gerrymandering?
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Albus Dumbledore
Havelock Vetinari
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Posts: 1,917
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the


Political Matrix
E: -0.71, S: -2.17

« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2008, 06:06:46 PM »

How does that work?
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Albus Dumbledore
Havelock Vetinari
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Posts: 1,917
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the


Political Matrix
E: -0.71, S: -2.17

« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2008, 06:02:34 PM »

Imagine these constituencies with US style partisan gerrymandering.
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Albus Dumbledore
Havelock Vetinari
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Posts: 1,917
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the


Political Matrix
E: -0.71, S: -2.17

« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2008, 09:38:21 PM »

That'd make elections... dicey. I wonder how often they'd need to replace polling places.
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Albus Dumbledore
Havelock Vetinari
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Posts: 1,917
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the


Political Matrix
E: -0.71, S: -2.17

« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2008, 10:27:01 AM »

Can you imagine the fistfights that'd happen in the World Parliament with some of these districts?
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Albus Dumbledore
Havelock Vetinari
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Posts: 1,917
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the


Political Matrix
E: -0.71, S: -2.17

« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2008, 02:35:41 PM »

I'll do the world with a hundred 67,000,000-member constituencies now.
How about 67 million 100-member constituencies?
Oh dear god no.
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