Districting should not allowed, imo.
It should be tied to counties or something where it can’t be manipulated by politiicians.
“It should be tied to counties or something where it can’t be manipulated by politiicians.”
Perhaps someday, some state legislature out of the 50, all of them comprised of politicians, will try this experiment in disempowering themselves. I wouldn’t hold my breath.
Not sure how that's supposed to work in order to ensure that each representative of a district represents roughly the same number of people.
Going by county, or even just city lines, you'd end up with one representative representing relatively few rural people, and one representative representing a lot of urban people, which goes against the purpose of representative government.
It is an inherently political process.
agree
Population is a key factor.
The great hypocrisy is the NC demonkkraps controlled the state for more than 100 years after reconstruction. They gerrymandered the state, and changed election laws always to favor their party. For example, in 1972 when Nixon was going to crush McGovern, the demonkkraps feared what this would do down ballot - which was a full slate from gubnar all the way down to water board. They changed the law that allowed a person to check just one box at top to allow straight party vote. Also, the demonkkrap candidate name was always first listed on the ballot.... studies reportedly show that a (stupid, uninformed) undecided (demonkkrap) voter will more often than not pick the first name they see. Then there is the gerrymandering .... had a case in 1990s where district stretched more than 50 miles down the I-85 corridor.... voters with different interests ... just to ensure demonkkrap seat.
Someone has to draw the district lines. There is no general formula save that each district must have a certain number of people. Using census data, districts are redrawn every 10 years. Some states gain districts while others lose them. There are 435 districts nationwide, a number that is fixed.
There is no magic bullet.