Democrats need to campaign in red states, not just swing states. It took the GOP decades of planning to gerrymander us into the condition we're in. Democrats need to take a similarly long view, especially as they are the party addressing long term issues like climate.

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@AlphaCentauri

We need to ELIMINATE GERRYMANDERING all across the country. Just do straight lines across all states, in equal squares- those will be the districts.

DIVE GEORGRAPHY not POLITICAL /RACIAL IDENTITY

@QueenOfEverything
Unfortunately, that creates a map where people in densely populated cities get the same amount of representation as cows in farmland.

@AlphaCentauri @QueenOfEverything
Better is to use open source algorithms that only consider population and optimize for simple, compact shapes with the same population
https://theconversation.com/can-math-solve-the-congressional-districting-problem-44963

@BrentSullivan @AlphaCentauri

Open source algorithms would be just fine.
Gerrymanderimg needs to be completely eliminated.

@QueenOfEverything @BrentSullivan

They had school kids in PA try, and they all did better than the legislators.

@AlphaCentauri @BrentSullivan

The school kids wold say get rid of gerrymandering, eliminate the Electoral Council, and use set amounts of federal funding to support qualified candidates for office. No outside funding.

@QueenOfEverything @AlphaCentauri @BrentSullivan

Make elections boards impartial(ie in Canada, the elections are run by Elections Canada). Do not make people register to vote with mention of your party affiliation. So much can be done to fix the US 'DEMOCRACY"