go to the website wwwReDistrictingGameorg Click the Link Pla

go to the website: www.ReDistrictingGame.org

Click the Link “Play the Game” to play \"The ReDistricting Game.\" Complete the various district drawing challenges in the game! CAUTION: this game is very addicting!

After playing the game, make a discussion post addressing the following:

What was your experience with the Gerrymandering game? Did anything surprise you?

Is it possible to create a “neutral,” “fair,” or “equal” system for drawing legislative districts? What would be “fair”? What would be or “equal”? What would be “neutral”? How would “neutral,” “fair,” or “equal” be objectively defined and measured?

Could Gerrymandering actually be a good thing?

Solution

Yes. Because, it is not easy to make the redistricting process understandable while playing the game. Objective rules to create districts can hinder redistricting.

Yes it is possible.

Neutral: - redistricting process when changed. i.e by not letting legislature do it. Therefore, an independent commission, maybe Electoral boundary commission should be created specifically for redistricting.

Measure- members of the commission may be appointed from relatively apolitical sources maybe form the civil service, with competency, for adequate representation among competing political parties.

Fair:- the voters are well distributed.

Measure:- incumbent victory can be achieved through high levels of partisan supporters without disproportionately benefiting a particular party.

Equal:- Gerrymandering does not decrease electoral competition only at instances when necessary.

Measure:- redistricting increases completion in elections with democratic accountability. Measures can be put in place to make it effective or less difficult.

Gerrymandering is a good thing because it relies on the wasted vote effect. Redistricting reduces the number of wasted votes to the winning candidate by increasing the number of winners. National examples of gerrymandering are Australia, Canada, Chile, France Germany Greece, Hungary, Iceland and others in their electoral system.