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'''Gerrymandering''' is the practice of splitting voters into certain districts in such a way as to maximize the chances of a certain set of candidates winning. For example, if there are 5 districts, with the population being 60% loving Vanilla ice cream, and 40% loving Chocolate ice cream, it may be possible, if all of the Vanilla voters live in the same areas, to waste Vanilla voters' votes by putting them all in two districts, and spreading the Chocolate voters out so that a majority of the remaining 3 districts are Chocolate voters, so that the majority of the winners are Chocolate-loving representatives.
[[Proportional representation]] almost or completely eliminates the possibility of gerrymandering.
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PR returns the better result here IMO, since P (the dead-center of the district) determines what passes or not. <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comments/d5t10w/i_submitted_a_california_ballot_measure_to/f0xvg3k/</ref></blockquote>
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