How does gerrymandering work?
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Let’s say we have a state with 500k people. 200k are purple party and 300k are orange party. Orange party has the majority, but we can gerrymander it so that purple wins.
We have 5 districts with 100k people each.
District 1: 90k orange 10k purple – orange wins
District 2: 90k orange 10k purple – orange wins
District 3: 45k orange 55k purple – purple wins
District 4: 45k orange 55k purple – purple wins
District 5: 30k orange 70k purple – purple wins
With this configuration, even though orange has the majority of people, purple wins 3 of the 5 districts.
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