Elixir
Made in America
I was thinking about it while falling asleep last night. Envisioning some of the maps of what are some of the most outrageous examples, I wondered if maybe there could be simple rules about the shapes of districts that would force the situation to improve.
If the area/perimeter ratio of all districts was even slightly constrained, it would prohibit at least some those salamander-shaped districts that gave birth to the expression. If those ratios were greatly constrained... probably wouldn't entirely fix it, but would certainly make it more difficult to gerrymander effectively in general.
Seems awfully simple, so there's probably something I'm overlooking.
If the area/perimeter ratio of all districts was even slightly constrained, it would prohibit at least some those salamander-shaped districts that gave birth to the expression. If those ratios were greatly constrained... probably wouldn't entirely fix it, but would certainly make it more difficult to gerrymander effectively in general.
Seems awfully simple, so there's probably something I'm overlooking.