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Does this plan make sense? v3 (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I feel like the whole gerrymandering debate is missing the point. Why are our elected officials representing land rather than people? The majority of voters in my district are ideologically opposed to my existence, so they elect people who actively try to harm me. No other representatives are allowed to speak on my behalf because I'm not on their patch of land. I have no one representing my interests in the House of Representatives or my state's equivalent. This will be true for someone no matter how you draw the lines.

It would be better to abolish the idea of districts entirely, and come up with some way to award representatives proportionally.