In the U.S., it is common to see electoral districts manipulated for political reasons by the state legislatures. This creates an inaccurate representation of the voters will.

In some countries, such as Canada for example, a seperate and independant group of non-partisan officials convines to form the electoral districts. Consequently, if you look at a map of ridings in Canada, most will be square or rectangular.

Basically, which way is better? You can say that the state legislatures represent the people, therefore they have more authority than anyone to draw the lines. On the other hand, politicians may not have the expertise or impartiality to create a fair riding.

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I think the Canadian system is better, because the greatest threat to American democracy right now is corruption, redistricting often being part of that corruption.

I agree with Force on this one.

I dont know much about the canadian one but it dose sound better if the group is truly non partisan

Weird. I've never seen this thread before...

Canada's definitely got a better system as far as this goes.
The only people in the US who like the gerrymander are the political slimebags that profit from the no-contest zones.
They profit and the quality of our government lapses.

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