re: Gerrymandering has been in practice for generations

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I'm OK with pure math and geography.

This guy developed a computer algorithm that draws districts with zero politics involved.

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California districts without looking at any political data. However, one of their criteria is to not separate groups of interest. This could mean ethnic communities, but could also mean "we are a group of horse farmers"

They are said to have some of the best drawn districts even though the state as a whole leans heavily towards the democrats.

(I've been listening to the Gerrymandering Project from 538 the past few weeks. It is really interesting and a good listen on the topic)