Suppose we have a very tiny state of fifty people. Thirty of them belong to the Blue Party, and 20 belong to the Red Party. And just our luck, they all live in a nice even grid with the Blues on one side of the state and the Reds on the other.
Now, let's say we need to divide this state into five districts. Each district will send one representative to the House to represent the people. Ideally, we want the representation to be proportional: if 60 percent of our residents are Blue and 40 percent are Red, those five seats should be divvied up the same way.
Fortunately, because our citizens live in a neatly ordered grid, it's easy to draw five lengthy districts -- two for the Reds , and three for the Blues. Voila! Perfectly proportional representation, just as the Founders intended. That's grid 1 above, "perfect representation."
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4 comments:
Take a good hard look at Jim Ireton's great voter plan for Salisbury. Same thing.
Ireton and all but one member of the city council have guaranteed that it will be a slam dunk for democrats in any upcoming election.
City elections are non-partisan only in somebody's dream.
This should be against the law, there are already lines drawn out, county line. Use those as the voting districts, only and that's it.
1 person, one vote. No districts. Just count votes.
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