Submitted by Robert-Connorson t3_yif6v4 in explainlikeimfive
eloel- t1_iuij08s wrote
Reply to comment by toocoolforthebaroque in eli5 What is gerrymandering? by Robert-Connorson
Of course, good point! We indeed also try to answer questions like "if you have 10 people, split 6/4 or 7/3, how do you elect 2 representatives?", which are much harder to intuit an answer from compared to the case I described. No matter which way you swing that, you can't split equitably so you start finding other reasonable splits.
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