Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoYSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to determine election outcomes by changing electoral maps. In most western countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United Stateslemmy.worldimagemessage-square339linkfedilinkarrow-up12.02Karrow-down118cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up12.01Karrow-down1imageYSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to determine election outcomes by changing electoral maps. In most western countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United Stateslemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square339linkfedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squareWhelks_chance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoIn the UK we have the electoral boundary commission specifically to avoid this sort of thing. Do you have an example of it being a problem in the UK?
minus-squareBloomcole@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoThis is just from what I looked up (from 4 years ago): With both parties getting 38% to Tories get 12 more seats than Labour. https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/usercode.py?scotcontrol=Y&CON=38&LAB=38&LIB=12&Reform=2&Green=3&UKIP=&TVCON=&TVLAB=&TVLIB=&TVReform=&TVGreen=&TVUKIP=&SCOTCON=23.6&SCOTLAB=19.2&SCOTLIB=6&SCOTReform=0.3&SCOTGreen=1.5&SCOTUKIP=&SCOTNAT=47.5&display=AllChanged®orseat=(none)&boundary=2019base Seen other comments they can also mess with other factors, avg inhabitants, etc… Anyway, really not familiar with this but at first glance you at least have that system and you all can decide if 12 seats is a problem to you or not. Not my problem
In the UK we have the electoral boundary commission specifically to avoid this sort of thing. Do you have an example of it being a problem in the UK?
This is just from what I looked up (from 4 years ago):
With both parties getting 38% to Tories get 12 more seats than Labour.
https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/usercode.py?scotcontrol=Y&CON=38&LAB=38&LIB=12&Reform=2&Green=3&UKIP=&TVCON=&TVLAB=&TVLIB=&TVReform=&TVGreen=&TVUKIP=&SCOTCON=23.6&SCOTLAB=19.2&SCOTLIB=6&SCOTReform=0.3&SCOTGreen=1.5&SCOTUKIP=&SCOTNAT=47.5&display=AllChanged®orseat=(none)&boundary=2019base
Seen other comments they can also mess with other factors, avg inhabitants, etc…
Anyway, really not familiar with this but at first glance you at least have that system and you all can decide if 12 seats is a problem to you or not. Not my problem