The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #132956   Message #3011842
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
20-Oct-10 - 06:43 PM
Thread Name: BS: Gerrymandering
Subject: RE: BS: Gerrymandering
The system of single member constituencies with first past the post is the root cause of these problems.

Electoral systems involving multi-member constituencies and proportional representation can eliminate the worst of them, and make it extremely hard to effectively gerrymander so as to cause unfair outcomes.