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[Filuwaúrdjan]

Now this is a redistricting proposal I'm pleased to see fail (unlike California...)

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Now this is a redistricting proposal I'm pleased to see fail (unlike California...)

Why?

Because it promotes gerrymandering. I'd like to see fair districts based around reasonable geographical areas not bizarre bacon-strips that cut from blue-collar industrial townships, through white collar Columbus suburbs (maybe adding a bit of the city itself as well) and ending up somewhere in the middle of the cornbelt.
Such districts would break the link between a Representative and his constituents and would encourage mindless party-line voting; even worse the delagation would go from lopsidedly Republican to lopsidedly Democratic and vice versa pretty much every election cycle.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Ohio is already incredibly gerrymandered

Well... it's badly gerrymandered yes, but I reserve the term "incredibly gerrymandered" to the horrors of PA, MD, GA (not from 2006 though), IL, FL, TX (although the Democrats map in the early '90's was even worse. There's something in the water I swear...) oh and California as well...

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Not so. It would have made them more gerrymandered.

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Now, that is true. But should competitiveness be the main factor in drawing electoral districts?