In Texas, they have it down to a science. They use computers to figure optimum shapes. A couple of times the Democrat legislators fled the state in protest pursued by police, (and accompanied by humiliating banjo music on TV -- no, I"m not kidding) to prevent the legislature from having a quorum necessary to get the redistricting done, but, they couldn't hold out forever, and eventually it was done. The courts have so far said gerrymandering is a-ok,
though they are supposed to
have another look at it.
from
the Houston Chronicle: (May of 2003)
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To increase Republican seats, crafters of the House plan pack Democratic voters in fewer districts, reducing districts with Democratic majorities from 12 to 10 and making all Democratic districts into minority districts, Alford said.
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More recently, from
the bbc
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Using sophisticated computer programmes, political boundaries are being redrawn across the US to all but guarantee results.
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It's fucking pathetic.
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